Wendy Alexander

For the South African politician, see Wendy Alexander (South African politician).

Wendy Alexander
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Wendy Alexander
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
In office
14 September 2007 – 28 June 2008
DeputyCathy Jamieson
UK party leaderGordon Brown
Preceded byJack McConnell
Succeeded byIain Gray
Ministerial offices
Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning[1]
In office
1 November 2000 – 3 May 2002
First Minister
Preceded byHenry McLeish (Enterprise and Lifelong Learning)
Sarah Boyack (Transport and Planning)
Succeeded byIain Gray
Minister for Communities
In office
19 May 1999 – 1 November 2000
First Minister
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJackie Baillie
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Paisley North
In office
6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born (1963-06-27) 27 June 1963 (age 61)
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
RelationsDouglas Alexander (brother)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
University of Warwick
INSEAD

Wendy Alexander (born 27 June 1963) is a retired Scottish politician and the former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley North. She held various Scottish Government cabinet posts and was the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2007 to 2008. In June 2008, the Scottish Parliament's standards committee ruled that Wendy Alexander broke parliament rules by failing to register donations on her MSPs' register of interests. Wendy Alexander quit as Scottish Labour leader. In 2010–2011 she convened the Scotland Bill Committee on financial powers of the Scottish Parliament.

After leaving politics, she was appointed Associate Dean of Global Business and Associate Dean for Degree Programmes and Career Services at the London Business School, and in April 2015 was appointed as Vice-Principal (International) and Professor of International Education by the University of Dundee.[2][3]

In March 2016 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for her work for the university sector.[4] On 30 November 2017, she was appointed as the Scottish Government Trade and Investment Envoy for Higher Education.[5]

Alexander is a member of UK Government's DIT/DfE Education Sector Advisory Group and chairs the Global Advisory Board of the Times Higher Education Student.[6]

  1. ^ Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (2000–01)
  2. ^ Dundee appoints Vice-Principal to head global drive, University of Dundee 24 February 2015
  3. ^ "Ms Wendy Alexander". University of Dundee. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2016 Elected Fellows". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Royalsoced.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Trade Envoys appointed". Scottish Government. gov.scot.
  6. ^ "Advisory Board". Student. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.