Alison left university before moving to Birmingham and working and qualifying as a Chartered Tax Adviser with PwC back in 1998. On budget night, back in 1999, new legislation concerning tax relief on R&D expenditure caught her eye - and she has never looked back! Alison went on to build a national R&D tax service at PKF before starting her own business, HowarthLynch, in 2009.

By 2014, Alison’s business was one of the largest bespoke tax practices in the UK. Her ambition was to develop a larger specialist tax practice and be the largest independent tax firm in the UK. To realise this ambition, Alison sold her practice to a Fortune 500 company.

Alison took a break from corporate life in 2018 to pursue her philanthropic pursuits. She is a strategic thinker and motivational leader who likes to lead by example inspiring teams to deliver. She has a proven track record of commercial success - leading, motivating and selling. She uses these skills in the boardroom to make real changes in her frontline charity work.

Alison is the founder and trustee of the Guiding Light Foundation which now runs through the core of YesTax.

Alison’s main area’s of tax specialities are Capital Allowances, R&D Tax Relief and Patent Box.