·¬ÇÑÉçÇø people
Meet inspirational alumni in ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø’s history and discover more about some of the people through history who have played important roles within ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø and on the world stage.
Notable alumni
Meet just a few of our notable alumni from around the world. Many alumni are also world leaders and Nobel Prize winners.
Architect of the Indian constitution
Helen Mayelle
International UN volunteer
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Ruth Porat
President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet, Inc and Google LLC
Philanthropist
Minouche Shafik
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Vice Chancellor and President 2017-2023
George Soros
Business magnate
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
Martin Lewis
Money Saving Expert
Lance Ugglar
CEO and philanthropist
Maurice Saatchi
Business and advertising revolutionary
Find out about other ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø alumni across decades, industries, geographies and globally-significant themes who are .
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Leading women
With a female founder, funder and students from the very beginning, here are just some of the leading women from ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø's history who achieved significant "firsts":
Alice E Murray and Amy Harrison
The first women to be awarded doctorates at ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø in 1903. Alice on the history of commercial and financial relations between England and Ireland, and Amy on the history of factory legislation.
The first female President of the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Students’ Union in 1907.
One of the earliest women to be called the Bar, Mithan later became the first female Professor of Law in India.
The first female Professor of Economic History in the UK in 1921.
The first American woman to be appointed the dean of a graduate school in the United States in 1924.
The first openly gay woman in UK parliament.
Dominica's first female Prime Minister in 1980.
Meet more of through history.