# Pennies chief executive awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/10/pennies-chief-executive-awarded-cbe/
- Published: 2016-06-10T22:30:04+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**[Pennies](http://www.pennies.org.uk) chief executive Alison Hutchinson has been
awarded a CBE for services to the Economy and Charities in the Queen’s 90th Birthday
Honours, published 11 June 2016.**

 

Alison has led fintech charity Pennies as CEO since its conception in 2010. She 
also holds a number of non-executive positions including Aviva Life Holdings UK 
Ltd, the subsidiary board of Aviva Group plc, and Yorkshire Building Society.  In
addition, Alison is also a Trustee of the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

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Alison was previously chief executive of FTSE financial services company Kensington
Group plc and has also held senior positions in Barclaycard and international technology
group IBM.

 

Chairman of Pennies, Robert Leitão said:

 

> “It is Alison’s dedication to improving business and people’s engagement with 
> it that has afforded Pennies its dynamism and exponential growth over the last
> five years. Under her leadership, in just five years from launch, Pennies has 
> collected 30 million micro-donations, raising over £6.5 million to support over
> 100 charities; and continues to grow strongly.”

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