Alison has led the Development Services team within the Development & Alumni Relations Office at Ulster University since 2011 and is responsible for oversight of operational support for the Fundraising, Alumni Relations, Corporate Engagement and Arts & Culture teams. Before joining the University, most of her career was spent in the Middle East where she was, at various times, Head (Chair) of Business Programmes, Acting Head of IT programmes, Head of Foundation Programmes and a Business teacher in one of the campuses of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE. She also worked in the early part of her career as an English teacher so has experience of both providing operational support and of working directly with students.