Alexandra Foley

Alexandra Foley has over 30 years experience in international public relations and strategic communications. From 1991 to 1999, she worked at Abernathy MacGregor Scanlon and Robert Marston & Associates, two leading corporate communication agencies in New York. Alex worked on a range of accounts including Bain & Company, Honeywell, Pentair, John Hancock Life Insurance, AlixPartners, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Barrick Gold.

While at Robert Marston, Alex orchestrated two global media tours for the Chairman and CEO of Honeywell Michael Bonsignore travelling with him, Robert Marston and the Honeywell communications team to Honeywell factories and charitable initiatives across Latin America and China.

Before joining Marston, Alex took a nine-month break to be the Press Director on the 1996 Titanic Expedition. Alex accompanied Buzz Aldrin in a Zodiac at 3am from The Royal Majesty to the Ocean Voyager anchored over the Titanic wreck site. Later that day she reported on Aldrin’s historic eight hour dive in the submersible Nautile to Titanic. After surviving stormy seas, calming mutinous passengers on board The Royal Majesty and handling thousands of faxes and calls from the global media, Alex witnessed the failed attempt to bring a section of Titanic’s hull known as the ‘Big Piece’ to the surface. Subsequently she arranged press conferences in Boston and New York, which were attended by hundreds of journalists and television crews.

Her experience on the Titanic expedition inspired her to start her own PR firm to represent explorers and expeditions. She later expanded offering to include luxury and lifestyle, corporate, and net-zero/environmental clients and projects.

Alex founded Lady Foley Grand Tour to offer bespoke experiences for those wishing to meet the owners of Britain’s historic houses - a peek behind the curtain on the lives of modern day nobles.