Alex Hardie graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Economics. She undertook a graduate marketing training programme with United Distillers part of Guiness plc and progressed to work in Johnnie Walker Europe and Classic Malts UK. Following this Alex worked at KPMG Management Consulting before moving to Murray Johnstone to run their marketing department.
After a career break, Alex set up the marketing department at Noble Group driving both internal and external communications programmes. She joined Anderson Strathern in April 2007 as Head of Marketing & Business Development.