Allyson advises executives and boards of directors in the professional services (legal, property, financial and retail), food & drink, travel, consumer goods and industrial sectors to name a few. Her work with clients enables them to lead and manage across cultures, achieve their marketing and business development strategies through successful strategic alliances/joint ventures, organic growth and/or acquisitions.

In addition to Allyson's recent 4-year slot on Sky News Business Report programme as the "Muse of Marketing," she appears as a regular and frequent marketing expert on CNN's World Business and Business International programmes. Recent keynote conference appearances include Economist Conferences, American Chamber of Commerce Denmark, Institute of Directors Conferences, The Law Society, The British Luxury Council, British American Chamber of Commerce, Inspired Leaders Network, Marketing Society and American Marketing Association on a variety of global marketing trends and developments.

As well as being listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who Among Women, Allyson has a regular column in Market Leader magazine and is an expert interviewed frequently in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Business Week, Newsweek and Fortune magazines.

Allyson is a member of the European faculty of Forum Corporation, Institute of Directors and Management Centre Europe. She is also a Fellow of the Marketing Society, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Fellow of the British American Project, an active member of the American Marketing Association, Institute of Directors and serving on the Advisory Board of New York-based Business for Diplomatic Action, the lobbying group working to improve the image of the US internationally. Allyson is also actively serving as a Judge of the UK's International Business Awards as well as of US-based The Stevie ® International Business Awards.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from the Marshall School at the University of Southern California, as well as an MBA from Claremont Graduate University under the direct tutelage of Dr. Peter Drucker. Allyson has been based in London since 1988 and is a US citizen from Los Angeles, California.

She is available as a broadcast interviewee, commentator, management writer or contributor on a number of topics including:

• Managing Americans
• The Impact of International Developments on Global Business
• The Future Consumers of Europe and the USA
• Marketing Planning
• Marketing Communications
• International Strategic Alliances
• Services Marketing Best Practice
• Experiential Branding
• Client Care
• Giving Brands a Soul: Cause Related Marketing
• Corporate Entrepreneurship
• Win New Business and Retain Existing Customers
• Build A Better Marketing Plan
• Essentials of Marketing Management
• Marketing on a Shoestring