Alan began his career as a civil servant before joining KPMG, the professional services firm, where he worked as an adviser to a wide range of organisations. Latterly he was head of KPMG’s public sector business in the UK and chaired the firm’s public sector practices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Since retiring from his executive career, Alan has held a number of non-executive and trustee positions: he chaired two NHS trusts (South Tees and York & Scarborough) and a mental health partnership board (for Surrey County Council); he was a board member of the South London and Maudsley mental health trust and chaired the Maudsley Charity when it untied from its NHS host and became an independent charity; he served as a trustee of User Voice, a charity that works with offenders and those at risk of offending; and he was as member of the Charity Commission’s audit and risk committee. Alan lives in York with his wife, Katie, and his two young sons, Luca and Charlie.