Charles Taylor announced that Alison Black joins the firm this week as Chief People Officer. Alison joins the company from AXA where she served in a range of HR leadership roles, including as Global HR Director for AXA Corporate Solutions. At the company, Alison is responsible for leading the HR function and for driving the recruitment, development, retention, succession and reward of talent across the Group. Alison will join the company’s Executive Committee and will report to the Chief Operating Officer, Richard Yerbury. Black worked at AXA Global P&C, L&S and Health businesses, with responsibility for the full range of HR functions and activity. She held a number of senior HR roles for 5 years prior to joining AXA.