Alexandra Renison
Alexandra Renison is a seasoned trade and business expert with deep links into politics as well as regulatory policy on both sides of the Channel and the Atlantic.
A Washington D.C. native who studied in Canada, she worked in the UK Parliament for a number of years before moving to head up trade and EU policy at the Institute of Directors, Britain’s oldest business organisation. At the IoD, she served on a number of expert bodies including the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels and the UK Government’s Brexit Business taskforce and Northern Ireland Technical Advisory Group on the border.
She was then appointed by the Department for International Trade’s Permanent Secretary to a senior role in government, before subsequently being named as a policy adviser to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
Since leaving government, Allie has taken up a position as Director at global communications and public affairs consultancy SEC Newgate, where she leads on trade and regulation for a wide range of clients from trade and infrastructure to financial services and energy policy. She splits her time between Scotland and London.
Allie has appeared extensively on media platforms across a diverse expanse of policy areas, and has 15 years of experience of working with stakeholders across Westminster and Whitehall, from the media and parliamentarians to officials and think tank leaders.
Workshops
Workshops
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