Alison is a consultant at DLA Piper, having spent her career with them as a Senior Partner in their real estate practice. She is an Alderman of the City of London and served as Sheriff for the year ending September 2022. She is a Governor of the Museum of London and the Museum of London Archaeology. She has a long-time interest in sustainability and the environment and leads on this with various organisations and was a Non-Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute until June 2022. She has been a Chair of the City Bridge Trust and continues as a Board Member of Bridge House Estates.