Alexandra Joel


Alexandra Joel is an Australian author and the former editor of Harper's Bazaar. Joel was born at St Margaret's Hospital, Darlinghurst in 1953 and was formerly known as Susan Lea Joel

Early life and education

Joel is the daughter of The Hon Sir Asher Alexander Joel KBE, AO. Alexandra attended Abbotsleigh School for Girls from 1962 to 1971 and completed her Arts degree with Honours in Government at the University of Sydney in 1976.
In 2002 she was awarded a graduate diploma from the Australian College of Applied Psychology, subsequently establishing a counselling and psychotherapy practice.

Career

Alexandra Joel spent six months as an international intern on the staff of Congressman James H. Scheuer in Washington DC, returning to Australia to work as a reporter and newsreader on a regional television station in Queensland.
In 1978 she became the Executive Director of ITQ8. At the time she was the only female board member of an Australian television station.
She was also a director of Mason Stewart Publishing and a director of the Asher Joel Media Group.
From 1979 to 1998 she contributed feature articles, interviews and reviews for major national and metropolitan publications including The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine, Cleo and Harper's Bazaar.
She was appointed editor of Harper's Bazaar in 1988. In 1991 she became the editor of Portfolio, Australia's first magazine for working women.
Her appointments have included: