Alison is co-founder of Hook Tangaza following the merger of Hook International and Tangaza Advisory Services in 2016.
Alison leads Hook Tangaza’s technical assistance, trade, and regulatory work. Before setting up Hook International in 2011, Alison was the Director of International at the Law Society of England and Wales where she played a leading role in advocating for more open legal markets and working with the government to develop an export promotion strategy for UK legal services. Earlier in her career, Alison worked for the European Commission, both in London and Brussels, and for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and Lagos.
In 2008, she was recognised in the Lawyer’s Hot 100’. She graduated in economics from the University of Edinburgh and holds a Master in Economics from Warwick University and an MBA from the Open University.
