Alison Rae

Group Operations Director

Alison joined Graham + Sibbald as a Compliance Officer in 2014 bringing with her some 25 years wealth of knowledge from various roles working within the financial service industry including debt recovery, fraud, risk & assurance, compliance and HR.

As Group Operations Director, Alison works closely with the Heads of Department including our Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), Head of IT Development to ensure our systems, reporting + monitoring procedures are both robust, effective and compliant with the necessary regulatory standards as well as meeting clients requirements.

She has operational oversight over Human Resources (including Recruitment & Training), H&S and Marketing as well as all Compliance matters for the Firm, acting as the Firm’s Data Protection Officer.

Alison sits on the Operations board and provides key commercial and business support to the Firm’s Management Committee, directly reporting to them on a regular basis.

Her expanse of knowledge and experience gained from working in the Finance sector has provided her with the ability to ensure the operational aspect of the business is in line with our corporate objectives.