Alison Carnwath

Alison Carnwath is a senior adviser at Evercore. Chair of the audit committee of BASF, non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of EG Group, non-executive director of Asda, chair of the audit committee of Zurich Insurance Group, an independent director of both PACCAR and CICAP(Coller Capital), and chair of the Livingbridge strategic advisory board. In the not-for-profit sector, Dame Alison is a member of the Advisory Council of the St George’s Society of New York. She engages in a number of mentoring assignments both in the UK and overseas. Dame Alison has been involved with Livingbridge Private Equity (formerly Isis Private Equity) for 17 years, where she was previously chair of the investment committee and of the management board. Formerly a senior adviser at Lexicon, a managing director of Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette, and a partner in the Phoenix Partnership (a corporate advisory and private-equity business).