Alison is Senior Advisor to Charterhouse Private Equity, Advisor to Mishcon de Reya and a Trustee of Help for Heroes.
She served as Chief Executive at the NatWest Group until 2023. Prior to this she was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of NatWest Group and Chief Executive Officer of the commercial and private banking business. She held a number of senior roles across the group including Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the Global Investment Bank, Global Head of Portfolio Management, Head of Leveraged Finance for UK and Europe.
Alison previously served on The Prime Minister’s Business Council, and the Government’s Energy Efficiency Taskforce and the Net Zero Council and a founding member of GFANZ and part of the SMI Council for Climate. She was also invited by the UK Government to lead a review of the barriers to women starting businesses and launched The Rose Review in March 2019, which she then updated annually to detail good progress on female entrepreneurship. Throughout her career, Alison has been a strong ambassador for diversity, climate and entrepreneurship.
She was appointed Dame Commander (DBE) in 2023 New Year Honours for services to the financial services sector. Alison was the former Chair of BITC’s Scotland Leadership Board and was appointed as Vice Chair of BITC in December 2022.
