Alison is an experienced conference speaker, chair and facilitator. As an expert on women in business, leadership and the changing workplace, she has spoken at events across North America and Europe. She has addressed many public conferences, as well as internal events at companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Unilever and UBS.
Her speaking events have included the International Monetary Fund's seminar for International Women's Day in Washington D.C., the Hellenic Management Association's 'Developing Female Leaders' conference in Athens, and the 2010 Linkage Women in Leadership Summit in San Francisco.
Since 2007, Alison has worked with The Conference Board, a global, independent business membership and research association, which works in the public interest. She is Director of the Council for Diversity in Business, a peer-to-peer network of senior executives from multinational companies, mainly based in Europe. In this consulting role, she leads The Conference Board's European meetings programme on diversity and inclusion, and helps to shape its research and other products and services.
As an independent moderator, Alison has chaired a wide range of events including: women in economic decision-making at the European Union's 2009 conference on Gender Equality; the Icon Events Diversity & Inclusion annual seminar in Barcelona in 2010; a panel on quotas at the Board Impact conference in Oslo in 2010; and a discussion about women on boards at the City Women's Network inaugural conference in London in 2011.
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“As our City Women's Network membership and guests have roles up to Chief Executive level, it is imperative that our moderators have the experience, gravitas and profile to manage audiences with the same. Alison has spoken and moderated at two of our flagship events. Her experience, style and ability to gauge the mood of delegates and speakers helped us set the bar for events to come. I would highly recommend her.”
India Gary-Martin, President, City Women's Network.
“As our charismatic keynote speaker, Alison explained how important women in business are for financial sustainability. She presented her arguments in a powerful but charming way so that the audience were convinced that 'men and women working together' is the only way to overcome the difficult social & economic situation.”
Angelina Michaelidis, President, Executive Committee, Hellenic Management Association, Women Managers and Entrepreneurs Section.
“Alison has that very strong combination of excellent interpersonal and chairing skills coupled with very strong expertise, abundant knowledge and empathy in the whole area of gender diversity within the business world.”
Rhonda Martin, Strategy Development Manager, Member Services, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
"Very nice approach and a very experienced speaker"
"Great timekeeper and synthesizer of overall event"
"An experienced, knowledgeable speaker…steered the conference excellently"
Delegates' feedback from Diversity & Inclusion Seminar, Barcelona.
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"Alison is a thoughtful, insightful and highly articulate expert on management, reputation and leadership. Her understanding of these issues and ability to engage with both speakers and audience ensured an impressive and thought-provoking event. I cannot recommend her highly enough."
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