Alistair is a director at Livingston James and leads their Family Business practice with over 20 years’ experience in recruitment, partnering with some of the world’s best-known brands to build successful leadership teams. Previously MD of Hudson Scotland, Ali leverages his extensive personal leadership experience to advise organisations in the Founder led and Family business sectors on how best to set up their leadership teams to thrive in current and future market conditions.

Ali also leads their D, E&I strategy and sees his role as an important one in which he can support organisations to develop authentic diversity initiatives by appointing the best modern leaders. Ali graduated in Business & IT from Edinburgh Napier University where he has returned to advise on one of the business school’s professional steering groups.