Alison O’Connor

Alison joined Arriva in 2001 following a successful 15 years in the retail sector with The Boots Company where she carved out an admired reputation in a variety of senior HR and change management roles.

Within her team, Alison leads and champions the long-term strategies for the HR, talent, group communications, safety and environment, and transport policy agendas – supporting the team to communicate, deliver the Arriva brand, its values, and support Arriva’s businesses to achieve their priorities.

These specialist areas include senior recruitment and development, Arriva’s successful graduate scheme, talent management, internal and external communications, brand, stakeholder management, digital communications and social media, safety and environment strategy, and Arriva’s transport policy strategy across the UK and mainland Europe.

Alison studied sociology at the University of York and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and of the British Psychological Society (BPS).