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]

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