Biography - Alison Lydon
Alison Lydon gained a BA (Hons) degree in Office Systems
Management at Humberside. She began her career as a Systems
Engineer with Allied Aims Ltd. She then moved to Toyota UK
and over sixteen years worked in a number of roles, beginning in
company secretarial, moving onto legal and corporate services and
then qualified as a Company Secretary.
Whilst working at Toyota, Alison dealt with
major service contracts such as printing, landscape and catering
before becoming the Company Secretary and Section Manager for
Corporate Planning.
On leaving Toyota in 2007, Alison worked for
First Interim as a Consultant and one of her major contracts
involved assisting a Sector Skills Council to clarify their
strategic aims and set up a comprehensive three year plan and
planning system. This experience set Alison up for her move
to Semta in 2008.
As well as the day to day governance and legal
issues Alison’s key priorities at Semta are to improve corporate
planning, and to ensure focus through KPIs and process
improvements. Alison successfully implemented management
systems to ensure successful relicensing of Semta which was
received in 2009.
Alison is a keen cyclist and enjoys
horse-riding, walking and good food. She has been chair and
treasurer of her local Parent Teacher Association and is a member
of the ETB audit committee.