Alison Cottrell

{{Short description|British civil servant}}

Alison Cottrell, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB}} was the founding CEO of the Financial Services Culture Board, formerly the Banking Standards Board{{cite web |url=https://financialservicescultureboard.org.uk/ |title=The FSCB has now closed}} (to 30 June 2023) and formerly a British civil servant who worked for HM Treasury as joint Director for Financial Services and Director for Corporate Services,{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336093/HMT_Senior_Staff_and_Salary_data_March_2014.csv/preview|title = HMT senior staff pay data: March 2014|date = 2014-07-23|accessdate = 2014-12-31|website = gov.uk|publisher = HM Government|first = |authorlink = HM Treasury}} in which capacity she was a member of the Executive Management Board of the department.{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury/about/our-governance|title = HM Treasury – Our governance|accessdate = 2014-12-31|website = gov.uk|publisher = HM Government|authorlink = HM Treasury}} In her earlier career she was an economist.{{cite web|url=https://spe.org.uk/speakers/evening-talks/7240/ |title=Careers in Economics |date=2019-10-07}} She was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2015 New Year Honours.{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-years-honours-list-2015|title = New Year's Honours lists 2015|date = 2014-12-30|accessdate = 2014-12-31|website = gov.uk|publisher = Cabinet Office and Foreign Office|authorlink = HM Government|format = PDF}}