Alison Kennedy

Governance & Stewardship Director, Standard Life Investments

Alison Kennedy is Governance & Stewardship Director at Standard Life Investments where she has responsibility for governance engagement on a global basis and oversight of the global voting process and of client reporting. Corporate governance is an integral part of the investment process at Standard Life Investments and, as such, her role also involves working with the fund management team to provide input and insight into their decision-making process.

Alison, who has twenty five years experience in the investment industry, joined Standard Life Investments’ Governance & Stewardship team in April 2005. Her previous experience was as a UK fund manager/analyst working for several major investment institutions in London and Edinburgh including Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Abbey National Asset Managers. She has a Business degree from Edinburgh University.