Helen Bower-Easton

British civil servant

Helen Bower-Easton CBE


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

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]

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

^ Helen Bower-Easton CBE, gov.uk. Accessed 15 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b [Anon.] (2020). "Bower-Easton, Helen Alice". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287895. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "New Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson announced". gov.uk. 29 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Theresa May's spokesperson Helen Bower-Easton to head up comms at the Foreign Office, Civil Service World, 20 December 2016. Accessed 15 November 2020.
^ The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2016 - Westminster, Evening Standard, 7 September 2016. Accessed 15 November 2020.