#19: Alison Hutchinson CBE - CEO Pennies

Alison Hutchinson CBE is the CEO of Pennies, an award-winning fintech charity making digital giving affordable, sustainable, and feel-good.

Previously, Alison spent 15 years at IBM running a European consortium of banks & leading the global business for ecommerce solutions for the financial services sector. She next joined Barclays Bank where she was the first CEO for a small digital subsidiary joint venture with Accenture, & latterly Marketing Director at Barclaycard. 

Prior to Pennies, Alison was Chief Executive of FTSE financial services company Kensington Group plc. She currently holds Non-Executive Director positions at Yorkshire Building Society, LV= & DFS.

Alison was very inspired by the values and upbringing of her parents; especially her Mum “Aunty Betty”. She learnt a hard work ethic, how to start multiple businesses in the West Coast of Scotland & putting back to charity & the community. She’s inspired by everyday people & what they do in their lives. She spoke on the advantages of Executive Coaching.

Learning from mistakes – her style was sometimes to be over positive, strong & that can be overwhelming - coming over as aggressive & she needed to dial back. She learnt - let others talk first & understand them - put yourself in the receiver’s shoes.

Top Tip – How you do things more than what you do. How you make others feel. “Sorry”

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