Alice Perkins

Who is Alice Perkins?

Alice Elizabeth Perkins, CB, is the Chairman of the Post Office Ltd. She was appointed to this position in July 2011, to lead the Board following the separation of the Post Office from the Royal Mail [Postal Services Act 2011]. She is an Executive Coach and a partner in the coaching practice of the JCA Group, a member of the Faculty of Meyler Campbell, which provides training for business coaches and has been an external member of the Council of the University of Oxford since 2006. She is a member of the Business Advisory Council of the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford.

Born in Hampstead, Alice Perkins attended North London Collegiate School for Girls, and then St Anne's College, Oxford, from which she graduated in Modern History in 1971. She joined the Civil Service Fast Stream in 1971.

The early years of her career were spent in the Department of Health and Social Security. In 1993 she moved to the Treasury as Director of Public Spending, where her priorities were Defence, the Intelligence Agencies, Aid, Foreign Office and Agriculture spending.