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Helena McAleer

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Co-Founder at The Gen AI Academy
📍 France

As a co-founder and marketing innovator, Helena McAleer leverages her extensive background in brand strategy to lead The Gen AI Academy. Her mission is to close the global AI skills gap by making education practical and human-first. Colleagues describe her as passionate, committed, and unafraid to speak up for her ideas.

Helena is a vocal advocate for social fairness, having previously led a successful campaign against discriminatory housing policies in the UK. This experience reflects a deep commitment to justice that complements her professional drive. Before co-founding her company, she also took a career break for full-time parenting.

She successfully challenged a major UK banks policy that discriminated against tenants receiving housing benefits, forcing a nationwide change.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
France
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Priorities

Topics Helena cares about

Accessible AI Education
Co-founded The Gen AI Academy with the specific mission to make AI training practical, accessible, and grounded in real-world applications for everyone.
Human-Centric AI
Her company's core value is being "Human First," focusing on how AI can augment the workforce and build confidence rather than replace people.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Co-Founder
The Gen AI Academy
7-2023
Freelance Marketing Consultant
Helsense Marketing
11-2021 - 7-2023
Full-time parenting
Career Break
3-2021 - 11-2021
Freelance Marketing Manager
Helsense Marketing
4-2019 - 3-2021
Head Of Marketing
Bip UK | Bip US (formerly Chaucer)
In the press

Media appearances

AI Slopification – Are You Part Of The Problem? (featuring Helena McAleer). Featured in The Gen AI Academy – Experiments In Artificial Intelligence Podcast
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The GenAI Academy launches to tackle critical AI skills crisis as the UK faces a £15bn productivity gap. Featured in Business Mondays
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Education
2011 - 2012
CAM Digital Marketing
The Marketers Forum
2002 - 2004
HND
Belfast Metropolitan College
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