Alison Rose is Deputy CEO of NatWest Holdings and Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Commercial & Private Banking business. An influential member of the RBS Executive Management Team, she leads over 12,000 people and is accountable for market-leading brands such as Coutts and Lombard.

Previously shortlisted for the ‘most influential woman in investment banking’ award by Financial News, included in the 2018 Women in FinTech Powerlist, and named in Vogue’s Top 25 Most Influential Women 2019, Alison is a passionate supporter of diversity and executive sponsor for the bank’s employee-led networks.  Author of the Rose Review, a UK government sponsored report into barriers to women starting a business, she also champions NatWest’s Entrepreneur Accelerator programme, an innovative initiative supporting start-up businesses across the UK.