Allison Benton
Senior Advisor – Professional Development
A former Associate Partner at Portas, Allison became Head of Professional Development in 2017, and now delivers training and coaching for the firm. She has almost 30 years of experience in management consultancy, previously working at McKinsey & Co.. Allison holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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Allison’s current role involves the design and facilitation of training modules in management consulting and leadership skills for Portas staff and clients. She also provides one-to-one skills-based coaching, internally and externally.
Before moving to professional development, Allison was an Associate Partner at Portas, serving clients in the UK and Europe. She became Head of Professional Development in 2017, leading all aspects of the PD function, before focusing on training and coaching. Prior to Portas, Allison worked for 17 years at McKinsey & Co. in London, Barcelona, and Paris, initially as a senior management consultant and later in internal roles, including leading the McKinsey People Strategy for EMEA.
Allison holds a BA Hons in Economics and Management Studies from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD. She represented Great Britain in junior athletics and Ireland in junior hockey, and now runs a top-end men's endurance running group, representing England as a team coach.