Alexandra Mousavizadeh  Alexandra Mousavizadeh (born 18 Sept 1970) is a Danish economist and partner at Tortoise Media in London and creator of The Responsibility100 Index and The Global AI Index. She specializes in index creation, using data to build indices that rank nations, companies and other entities on key social and technological issues. She is also the Former Director of the Prosperity Index, a comprehensive ranking of the prosperity of more than 140 countries published annually by the London-based Legatum Institute. Mousavizadeh was born in Copenhagen to a Danish father, Steen Bream Vedel, and an English mother, Susanna Foster Dickson Vedel. Her grandfather, William Dickson was Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Defence Staff; through him she is a direct descendant of Lord Nelson. She was educated in Denmark, and Down House boarding school in Berkshire, England before to returning to Denmark to attend N. Zahle's School in Copenhagen. From 1989 to 1994 she attended the University of Copenhagen, graduating with an MA in Economics. Mousavizadeh began her career at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she focused on its humanitarian endeavours and its efforts to support developing countries. After this role, she was a visiting Research Scholar at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. Mousavizadeh then worked for Moody's for 10 years. Based in New York, she covered Emerging and Frontier Markets for the Sovereign Risk team. She then moved to Morgan Stanley in London as Head of Country Risk Management for EMEA, before returning to Moody's as Assistant Vice President for the Africa sovereign ratings portfolio. Alexandra is also the Co-Founder of the Global Disinformation Index, the leading tracker of global misuse of information and deception for political or financial gain. Alexandra acted as Director of the Legatum Prosperity Index; an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a division of the private investment firm Legatum. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life. In the 2018 rankings, 149 countries were ranked, and Norway topped the list, followed by New Zealand and Finland. Afghanistan was in last place. In 2013, twenty-seven of the top 30 countries were democracies. The Prosperity Index is reviewed and critiqued by an advisory panel of academics and scholars representing a range of disciplines and includes: Prof Tim Besley (London School of Economics); Dr. Daniel Drezner (Tufts University); Dr. Carol Graham (Brookings Institution); Dr. Edmund Malesky (University of California, San Diego); Dr. Ann Owen (Hamilton College).