Helen Alexander CBE Group chief executive Helen Alexander was appointed chief executive of The Economist Group in January 1997, having joined the company in 1984. She has an MBA from INSEAD. She was managing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit from 1993 until the end of 1996. Helen is a non-executive director of Centrica plc and Rolls-Royce Group plc, a trustee of the Tate Gallery and a governor of St Paul's Girls' School. She was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004. She is currently chairman of PPA, the magazine industry trade association. |
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Matthew Batstone Group marketing and strategy director Matthew joined the Group in January 2001, having worked at Carlton Communications and J Walter Thompson. |
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Martin Giles Group managing director, North America Martin joined the editorial staff of The Economist in 1989, working in London and Paris before becoming finance editor in 1994. He is a former publisher of CFO Europe and director of Economist Enterprises. |
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Oscar Grut Group general counsel and company secretary Oscar Joined the company in 1998 from Linklaters. |
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Nigel Ludlow Managing director, Economist Intelligence Unit Nigel joined the marketing team of The Economist in January 1984 and subsequently became global marketing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit. |
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Paul McHale Group HR director Paul joined the company in 1999 from United Biscuits and J Sainsbury. |
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John Micklethwait Editor, The Economist John was appointed as a director of The Economist Group in May 2006. He has been editor of The Economist since April 1st 2006, having joined the editorial staff in July 1987. Previously he was US editor. John is the co-author of four books (with Adrian Wooldridge), most recently "The Right Nation". |
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Andrew Rashbass Publisher and managing director, The Economist Andrew was formerly Group chief information officer and managing director of Economist.com, He joined the Group in December 1997 from Associated Newspapers. |
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Chris Stibbs Group finance director Chris joined the company as Group finance director in July 2005. He was previously corporate development director of Incisive Media, finance director of the TBP Group and director of the FT Law and Tax Division. |