| Helen Bower-Easton | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CBE |
| Termstart: | 2016 |
| Office: | Prime Minister's Official Spokesperson |
| Termend: | 2017 |
| Successor: | James Slack |
| Primeminister: | Theresa May |
| Termstart1: | 2015 |
| Termend1: | 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Jean-Christophe Gray |
| Primeminister1: | David Cameron |
| Birth Name: | Helen Alice Bower |
| Birth Date: | 1978 |
| Birth Place: | 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]
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.
Bower entered the Civil Service in 2003. In June 2015 she was appointed Official Spokesperson to the Prime Minister,[2] the first woman to be appointed to the post. In August 2016 she was conferred a CBE in David Cameron's resignation honours list.[3] In September 2016 the Evening Standard included her in its list of London's 1,000 most influential people.[4] In December 2016 she left No. 10 to take up the job of Director of Communications at the Foreign Office.[3]