Alan is currently Chairman of Redstone plc, a leading provider of IT and Communications solutions for businesses and organisations. He is also Non-executive Director of Berkley Group Holdings and Capital &Regional plc.

His previous roles have included: Chief Executive Officer of Historic Royal Palaces and Wembley plc; a Member of the Executive Board of Compass plc; a Non-Executive Honorary Chairman of INCLUDE (charity) and NW London Training and Enterprise Council; a Trustee of The Prince's Foundation and the Greenwich Foundation; a Member of the Advisory Forum of Saïd Business School, Oxford University and Non-executive Director of Carillion plc; Metroline plc; and KPMG.

Alan is co-author of Timeless Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). He is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has lectured at universities and spoken on leadership, organisational structure, culture and change.

Alan has been a Patron of the Windsor Leadership Trust since 2003 and supports the Trust because of its unique approach to leadership development through peer learning with a cross-public/private sector cadre in a historic setting, which facilitates thinking.