Dame Alison Jane Carnwath (born January 1953) is a British businesswoman, and former chairman of

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Early life and education

Alison Jane Carnwath was born in January 1953. She received a bachelor's degree in economics and German from the

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in 1975.

Career

Executive

Carnwath began her career with Peat Marwick Mitchell, now KPMG, where she qualified and practiced as a chartered accountant from 1975 to 1980. She then moved into corporate finance. She worked from 1980 to 1982 at Lloyds Bank International, and from 1982 to 1993 at J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co in London and New York. In 1993 she became a senior partner at the financial advisory firm Phoenix Partnership. The firm was taken over by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in late 1997; she continued working for DLJ until 2000.

Non-executive

Carnwath has held several board roles. These have included Vitec Group plc (as chair),

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, Friends Provident plc, Gallaher Group, MF Global Inc (as chair), Barclays, Man Group plc, Land Securities Group plc (as chair), UK private equity firm

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(as chair),

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, and BP (she resigned from BP 'for personal and professional reasons' in January 2021). She is also a senior advisor to

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Honours

She was created a Dame Commander of the

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in the

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for her services to business.

References

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