Elected: 2016
Discipline: Professional, Educational and Public Sector Leadership
Professor Wendy Alexander
Vice-Principal (International), University of Dundee
Wendy Alexander’s career has spanned government, elected office, higher education leadership and international strategy consultancy. She is the former leader of the Scottish Labour Party and was a Member of the Scottish Parliament since its creation in 1999 until 2011. After leaving politics she joined the London Business School as Associate Dean, Global Business. Wendy joined the University of Dundee in 2015 as Vice-Principal International. She is Scottish International Trade Envoy, focussing on higher education