Alison is an internationally recognised Structured Interview Specialist who has experience working as a Consultant for a global IGO.
She has been awarded multiple grants from Innovate UK the United Kingdom Innovation Agency including the 2023 Women in Innovation award. Alison is founder of a ‘tech-4-good’ recruitment start-up company,
Sammi-Select (https://www.sammi-select.co.uk/) having co-designed and built SAMMI®, the first known online Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) platform with principles for fairness built-in. The vision for Sammi-Select is to be the global go-to for diversity hiring.
Her recent work includes the GENIUS (Generating Neurodiverse Inclusive Selection) project exploring the impact AI can bring to recruitment/admissions and how the interface between technology and humans can be softened to facilitate equity, inclusivity, and diversity particularly for neurodiverse applicants.