Dame Alison, who has been a DLUHC Non-Executive Director since April 2021, will step into this role for a full three-year term ending on 8 December 2025.
Speaking on her new appointment, Alison said:
I'm delighted to accept this role in helping support the Department, and its skilled team, to deliver such an important, challenging and exciting agenda.
DLUHC Permanent Secretary, Jeremy Pocklington, said:
I am delighted that Alison has been appointed as DLUHC's Lead NED. I would like to thank Alison for her interim leadership over the past nine months, during which time she has provided invaluable insight and support. I look forward to continuing our work together on the department's top priorities.
Alison is an experienced property professional and business leader with over 30 years of delivering sustainable urban regeneration and transformation across many parts of the UK. She is an independent Non-Executive at Cadogan and Thomas White Oxford, a commissioner of The Royal Commission 1851, Chair of MACE group's Advisory Board and a member of Imperial College London's Property Committee.
Previous public sector roles include: Chief Executive of The Crown Estate; 8 years helping to win and subsequently deliver London 2012 as a Director in the Olympic Delivery Authority; and leading major city centre regeneration projects in Manchester and Sheffield. She has also been on the Boards of the UK Green Building Council, Berkeley Group Plc, St Modwen Properties, Imperial College London, and the CBI.
She was made a Dame in 2019 for services to the public sector and services to the Exchequer.
