Alison Carnwath


Dame Alison Jane Carnwath is a British businesswoman, and former chairman of Land Securities.

Early life

Alison Jane Carnwath was born in January 1953. She received a bachelor's degree in economics and German from the University of Reading in 1975, and is a chartered accountant.

Career

She is the chairman of Land Securities since November 2008, and a non-executive director since September 2004. Carnwath is chairman of the UK private equity firm Livingbridge, a non-executive director of Zurich Insurance and Paccar, a senior advisor to Evercore Partners, and a supervisory board member and the audit committee chair of BASF.

Honours

She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours for her services to business.