Head to Head with Alison Platt (Hargreaves Lansdown)

Our CEO, Jo Causon will be meeting with Alison Platt, Chair Designate of Hargreaves Lansdown as part of our Head to Head series to discuss leadership and challenges faced.

Alison has extensive experience of leadership in customer-driven organisations across the healthcare, insurance and property sectors. As Chief Executive of Countrywide, a position she held until January 2018, she gained significant business-to-business experience adding this to the international experience she gained while leading a number of Bupa’s businesses across Asia, Southern and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. She has also previously held senior leadership positions at BUPA and British Airways.

Currently, Alison is also Chair of Ageas (UK), Non-Executive Director of Tesco, Inchcape and Spectrum Wellness Holdings and an Advisor to Huntswood. Formerly, she was Chair of Dechra Pharmaceuticals and Opportunity Now, and Non-Executive Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Cable and Wireless Communications.