Helen Bower-Easton
British civil servant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Alice Bower-Easton CBE (born 1978) is a British civil servant who was the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson. She is Director of Communication at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[1]
Helen Bower-Easton | |
|---|---|
| |
| Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson | |
| In office 2016–2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Succeeded by | James Slack |
| In office 2015–2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Jean-Christophe Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Helen Alice Bower 1978 Birmingham |
| Education | Edgbaston High School for Girls |
| Alma mater | Cardiff University |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Life
Helen Bower was born in Birmingham, the daughter of John and Diana Bower. She was educated at Edgbaston High School for Girls and Cardiff University, graduating in 2001 with a BA in Economics and EU Studies with French and Italian.[2]
Bower entered the Civil Service in 2003.[2] In June 2015 she was appointed Official Spokesperson to the Prime Minister,[3] the first woman to be appointed to the post. In August 2016 she was conferred a CBE in David Cameron's resignation honours list.[4] In September 2016 the Evening Standard included her in its list of London's 1,000 most influential people.[5] In December 2016 she left No. 10 to take up the job of Director of Communications at the Foreign Office.[4]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.