Alison Wilcox
Chief People & Culture Officer, BT Group NED, RemCo Chair, NomCo Chair
BT Group•Long Crendon, England, United Kingdom
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Diverse career spanning management consulting, HR expertise, business partnering and leadership roles in Hay Group, Vodafone and BT. Extensive experience of trading and M&A in markets across Europe, Asia, Africa & the Middle East. Over 7 years at BT, led the integration of the £12.5bn EE mobile business, the group-wide response to Covid and the flagship transformation programme, Better Workplace, which is consolidating c300 sites into c30 state of the art talent and innovation hubs across the UK. As Group HR Director, also worked closely with the CEO, Executive Committee and Board to shape and drive a comprehensive, enterprise-wide transformation agenda to modernise and simplify the business in parallel with creating new digital platforms and businesses to drive growth. Permanent attendee Remuneration Committee, Digital Impact & Sustainability Committee, Colleague Board. Now building a portfolio of non executive and advisory roles across the private and public sectors with a focus on organisations with an international footprint, M&A and transformation agenda. Shepherd Building Group is a large private business with an independent Board and an ambitious growth strategy. Member of the Nominations and Audit Committees as well as Chair of the Remuneration Committee. Health Data Research UK is an independent, registered charity supported by 10 funders focused on developing and applying cutting edge approaches to clinical, biological, genomic and multi-dimensional health data and analytics. Nominations Committee Chair Designate.
Career Timeline
- BT GroupCurrentMay 2025–Present· 1 yr 5 mos
- Chief People and Culture OfficerCurrentMay 2025–Present
- Group Director, People & CultureMay 2025–Jul 2025
- 2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
- Non Executive Director, Glas CymruCurrent2025–Present
- 2025–Present· 1 yr 9 mos
- Non Executive Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustCurrent2025–Present
- 2023–2025· 2 yrs
- Non Executive Director & RemCo Chair2023–2025
- Aug 2022–Jul 2025· 2 yrs 11 mos
- Trustee Board Member & Nominations Committee ChairAug 2022–Jul 2025
- Jul 2015–2022· 6 yrs 6 mos
- Group Director, Human ResourcesJul 2015–2022
- Nov 2008–2015· 6 yrs 2 mos
- Regional HR Director, EuropeOct 2013–2015
- Regional HR Director, Africa, Middle East & Asia PacificNov 2008–Oct 2013
- 1995–Jun 2006· 11 yrs 5 mos
- Director, Account Management1995–Jun 2006
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Business Administration and Management, General
Aston Business School