Alexandra Mousavizadeh

Alexandra recently published the Responisibility100 Index, currently in its first beta edition; the Index ranks the companies of the FTSE 100 on there CSR contributions; with reference to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Index has already been recognised by a range of the companies and other non-governmental organisations, as a comprehensive expression of the action and commitment being made in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals. The Index is composed of seven main sub-pillars; gender equality, climate, good business, waster, water, human rights and poverty. It contains 52 unique indicators and draws on over 5,000 data-points to build a dynamic portrait of each company in the ranking. The Index does, however, call for greater transparency and better reporting to expand this data-set. It is published quarterly from January 2020.

Alexandra, and her team, have announced the publication of the Global AI Index in December 2019. The index will draw on a range of primary data to measure the capacity for artificial intelligence – specifically through the processes of innovation, investment and implementation – amongst OECD nations.

Alexandra acted as Director of the Legatum Prosperity Index; an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, a division of the private investment firm Legatum. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life. In the 2018 rankings, 149 countries were ranked, and Norway topped the list, followed by New Zealand and Finland. Afghanistan was in last place. In 2013, twenty-seven of the top 30 countries were democracies. The Prosperity Index is reviewed and critiqued by an advisory panel of academics and scholars representing a range of disciplines and includes: Prof Tim Besley (London School of Economics); Dr. Daniel Drezner (Tufts University); Dr. Carol Graham (Brookings Institution); Dr. Edmund Malesky (University of California, San Diego); Dr. Ann Owen (Hamilton College).

She was educated in Denmark, and Down House boarding school in Berkshire, England before to returning to Denmark to attend N. Zahle's School in Copenhagen. From 1989 to 1994 she attended the University of Copenhagen, graduating with an MA in Economics.

Alexandra Mousavizadeh (born 18 Sept 1970) is a Danish economist and partner at Tortoise Media in London and creator of The Responsibility100 Index and The Global AI Index. She specializes in index creation, using data to build indices that rank nations, companies and other entities on key social and technological issues. She is also the Former Director of the Prosperity Index, a comprehensive ranking of the prosperity of more than 140 countries published annually by the London-based Legatum Institute.