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Alison Nimmo CBE (born 25 May 1964) is a Scottish Chartered Surveyor who is chief executive of the Crown Estate, an organisation with a property portfolio estimated at £10 billion.
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- The uk gbc member commitment interviews alison nimmo the crown estate
- Early life
- Career
- Awards and honours
- Family
- References
The uk gbc member commitment interviews alison nimmo the crown estate
Early life
Nimmo was born in Edinburgh but raised in Wales where she attended the Bishop Gore School, Swansea. She is a graduate of Manchester University. After graduation, Nimmo visited Australia and worked in Sydney's planning department.
Career
Nimmo's first job in the U.K. was as a planning officer with Westminster Council from 1986, after which she worked for the surveyors Drivers Jonas followed by KPMG and Manchester Council (1996) where she was involved in the regeneration of the city after the IRA bombing of 1996. She worked on the redevelopment of Sheffield town centre for Sheffield One (2000) and was design and regeneration director at the Olympic Delivery Authority from 2006 (interim from 2003).
She became chief executive of the Crown Estate on 1 January 2012, taking over from Roger Bright. The Crown Estate has a portfolio of property and related assets estimated at £10 billion.
Nimmo is a non-executive director of housebuilders Berkeley Group Holdings and a visiting professor at Sheffield Hallam University. She is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Awards and honours
Nimmo was awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute Gold Medal for services to town planning and sustainability. In 2004 she was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Family
Nimmo is divorced with no children.