Dame Helen Anne Alexander DBE (10 February 1957 – 5 August 2017[1][2][3]) was a British businesswoman.

[5] Her mother was Russian (with roots in Estonia)[6][7] and her maternal grandmother was Moura Budberg,[8] adventuress, muse, and suspected double agent.

She earned a degree in geography from Hertford College, Oxford in 1978 and graduated from INSEAD in 1984.

[10] In 2011, she was the first female president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and was appointed DBE for services to business.

[6] She was a trustee of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation, and was chairman of the Port of London Authority from January 2010 until 31 December 2015.