Alison Hutchinson CBE
Alison Hutchinson CBE is the CEO of Pennies, the award-winning micro-donation charity making digital giving easy and affordable for everyone who chooses to give as part of everyday life. Pennies could unlock £1billion of incremental donations if every UK adult gave just 30p a week.
She is also a Senior Independent Director at DFS plc and Foresight Group Holdings Ltd, as well as a Board Advisor to Markaaz. Alison was previously a Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation, a Senior Non-Executive Director of Yorkshire Building Society, a Non-Executive Director of Aviva Life Holdings UK and AIL (General & Health Insurance), subsidiary boards of Aviva Group plc, LV=, and of LMAX Exchange. In 2016, she was awarded a CBE for services to the economy and charities.
She has a wealth of experience in the consumer, technology and finance sector, across a variety of previous director positions.