Alexandra Jones
Biography
Alexandra Jones is Director General for Growth, International, Science and Technology at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science, and Trade (BIST). She was appointed to the role in July 2026 when BIST was formed.
Prior to this, Alexandra was Director General for Growth, Science and International at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) between January and July 2026. Before this, she was Director General for Science, Innovation and Growth at DSIT from May 2023 to December 2025.
Alexandra served as Director for Science, Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from April 2019 to May 2023, where she had also led the development of the 2017 Industrial Strategy white paper as Director of Industrial Strategy.
Before joining BEIS, Alexandra was Chief Executive of Centre for Cities, as well as being Chair of the London Stansted Cambridge Consortium and the Fast Growth Cities group, and a Commissioner on both London Finance Commissions and the Cardiff Capital Region Growth Commission. She has also held various director roles working on labour markets, economic development and public service reform.
Director General for Growth, International, Science and Technology
The Director General is responsible for the following areas:
- UK science, research and innovation
- AI and emerging technologies policy
- growth and investment for science and technology, including innovative regulation and tech transfer
- international and security policy for science and technology
- Office for Life Sciences
- UK Space Agency
- supporting the independent Government Office for Science
Previous roles in government
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Director General, Growth, Science and International
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Director General, Science, Innovation and Growth