What is Helen Alexander?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Dame | name = Helen Alexander | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]] | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1957|2|10}} | birth_place = [[Geneva]], Switzerland | death_date = {{death date and age |df=y|2017|8|5 |1957|2|2 }} | death_place = | education = [[St Paul's Girls' School]] | alma mater = [[Hertford College, Oxford]]<br/>[[INSEAD]] | occupation = Businesswoman }} '''Helen Alexander''' was a British businesswoman who was the chairman of UBM plc.<ref>{{cite news |title=Renowned businesswoman Dame Helen Alexander dies |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/06/renowned-businesswoman-dame-helen-alexander-dies |accessdate=22 June 2021 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> In 2016, she was awarded the [[Legion of Honour]]. From 2011 to 2017, she served as the Chancellor of the [[University of Southampton]]. ==Biography== Helen Alexander was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Her father Bernard Alexander was a British lawyer who worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her mother Tania Benckendorff was a Russian. Her maternal grandmother was Moura Budberg who was a suspected double agent for the Britishers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Helen Alexander, former Economist Group chief executive, 1957-2017 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ec5c3fd0-7b5b-11e7-ab01-a13271d1ee9c |accessdate=22 June 2021 |work=www.ft.com}}</ref> Helen Alexander did her schooling from [[St Paul's Girls' School]] in London. She was graduated from Hertford College, Oxford in 1978. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:British businesspeople]]