As a member of Standard Chartered Bank’s Global D&I Council, Alison plays a key role in driving LGBT+ inclusion at Standard Chartered, and making it a core part of the Bank’s drive to empower the diversity of its colleagues. She is the most senior ‘out’ executive at the Bank, and her visible support as a senior champion has helped the Bank become more confident in publicly celebrating LBGT+. This includes support of the Hong Kong Pride, and participation in marches in the US, UK, Japan and the Philippines. She has assisted in launching LGBT+ Employee Resource Groups in the US, Singapore, Hong Kong and India, and has helped implement initiatives to promote LGBT+ inclusion across the Bank’s markets. She has also contributed to the development of toolkits on transgender inclusion and the role of allies, and has worked with colleagues across the Bank to launch an inclusive leadership programme focused on raising awareness of unconscious bias in decision making across all strands of diversity. She was also instrumental in introducing an option to identify as LGBT+ in Standard Chartered Bank’s annual staff survey, to allow a better understanding of the experience of LGBT+ colleagues. Externally, Alison became a Trustee of GiveOut earlier this year – an award-winning charity working to grow giving to support the global struggle for human rights of LGBTQI people, working to support the global struggle for the human rights of LGBT+ people. She also engages in external events, often as a panellist or speaker on advocacy and LGBT+ inclusion.