Alexis Cleveland

Alexis is an experienced Non-Executive Director/Trustee working in such roles for 20 years in government departments, the third sector, higher education and pension funds.

In her Civil Service career, most recently she was Director-General for Transformational Government at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall from 2007-2011.

Prior to that, she was Chief Executive of the Pension Service from 2002 to 2007, overseeing the introduction of Pension Credit and working with Ministers on Pension Policy development.

Before that appointment, Alexis was Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, which was the largest government agency at the time. She was responsible for an extensive network of local officers and processing centres employing over 80,000 people.

A Statistician by training Alexis has also been a CIO and led HR. Finance, Estates and Procurement Services.

Currently, Alexis is also a Non-Executive Director at the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, a Mental Health Foundation Trust.