Alison is Senior Partner to Charterhouse Private Equity, Chair of 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 CEO of NatWest Group and CEO of the commercial and private banking business. She held a number of senior roles across the group including Head of EMEA 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, the Government’s Energy Efficiency Taskforce and the Net Zero Council. She was a founding member of GFANZ and part of the SMI Council for Climate. Alison is also Chair of FNZ UK and chair of GRESB BV and a Non-Executive Director of the Raisin Group.
She was invited by the UK Government to lead a review of the barriers to women starting businesses, and launched The Rose Review in 2019, which she updates annually. She is also the Chair of the Financial Alliance for Women and an Advisory Member of WE Innovate a collaboration of UK Universities headed by Imperial College supporting entrepreneurship. Throughout her career, Alison has been a strong ambassador for diversity, climate and entrepreneurship. Alison was the former Chair of BITC’s Scotland Leadership Board and is now a Trustee. She is a senior advisor to various fintechs and an advisor to the ADI Foundation. She was appointed Dame Commander (DBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to the financial services sector.
