Dame Alison Carnwath

Biography

Dame Alison Carnwath has substantial financial industry experience. She began her career with Peat Marwick Mitchell, now KPMG, where she practiced as a chartered accountant from 1975 to 1980. From 1980 to 1982, she worked as a corporate financier for Lloyds Bank International. From 1982 to 1993, she was assistant director, then director, at J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co in London and New York. From 1993 to 1997, Ms. Carnwath was a senior partner at the financial advisory firm Phoenix Partnership. The firm was taken over by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in late 1997; she continued working for DLJ until 2000. Ms. Carnwath has held several board offices. From 2000 to 2005, she was the chairman of the board of Vitec Group plc, from 2001 to 2006 a director of Welsh Water, from 2004 to 2007 of Friends Provident plc, from 2004 to 2007 of Gallaher Group and from 2007 to 2010, she was the independent chairman of MF Global Inc. She also served on the boards of directors of Barclays from 2010 to 2012, and of Man Group plc from 2001 to 2013. She has been a member of the boards of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd since March 2012. She was made a Dame of the British Empire (DBE) for services to business in the 2014 New Year Honours List in the UK. Ms. Carnwath graduated in economics and German from the University of Reading. She was awarded honorary doctorates (LLB) from the University of Reading and the University of Exeter.

Research Interest

 Economics