Alison Platt
is CANA’s Finance and Governance Officer. She manages the accounts and legal compliance for the organisation, as well as handling HR functions and Service Agreements. After leaving the UK’s financial sector and moving to South Australia in 2004, Alison spent some time as Office Manager at Trees For Life, who work both to protect bushland and to help landholders and farmers with their revegetation projects. She has also worked at Sustainability House, who provide energy assessments and design services to help their clients to create environmentally sustainable homes and commercial buildings. Alison enjoys singing, Latin and ballroom dancing and nature photography. She volunteers at Trees For Life and Freedom Hill Animal Sanctuary and is based on the land of the Ngarrindjeri people in South Australia’s Lower Murray and Coorong region.