Alison is an industry-leading expert with over 35 years of experience in industrial minerals and metals. She was previously Managing Director Roskill, and prior to that held roles at Fastmarkets (Industrial Minerals) and as an independent consultant. Alison was recently a member of the UK government’s Critical Materials Global Expert Mission to both Canada and the USA for Innovate UK-KTN and works with Edumine to provide educational courses on critical materials. She also sits on the board of Pensana as Independent Non-Executive Director and are the Vice-Chair of the Technical Communities Board of the industry professional organisation, the IOM3.