An expert in leadership, brand internationalisation and development, Allyson Stewart-Allen helps brands, businesses and leaders successfully and profitably span international, and functional, boundaries by giving them the tools to be more effective on the global stage.
Dubbed The Muse of Marketing by Sky News, Allyson has collaborated with companies worldwide and shared her global expertise and insights on television, and in publications, including BBC News, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. She has also appeared on five seasons of BBC1’s The Apprentice and has created, and presents, one of LinkedIn Learning’s most popular courses on leading international growth.
Allyson is author of both editions of best-selling book Working with Americans, the first business manual exclusively about the US business culture, which helps professionals improve their relationships with, and profits from, American business partners, bosses and colleagues.
She has advised more than 240 businesses in 26 countries including Aegis, BAE Systems, Burberry, Cadbury, Coach, HSBC, Lufthansa, NBC Universal, SAB Miller and Shell and serves as a Board member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
A frequent keynote speaker at international conferences, Allyson has appeared on the platforms of The Global Peter Drucker Forum, The Conference Board and Financial Times Board Directors Programme. She served as Chair of Marketing Judges for The International Business Awards and the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Marketing Excellence Awards, and is one of the original mentors for the Mayor of London’s International Business Programme.