Ali co-founded Techtran Group Ltd and was the Chief Operating Officer of Techtran when it was acquired by IP Group in January 2005. She was a director of IP Group until July 2013 when she moved into a new role with the Company as Director of IP Impact. Previously, Ali spent five years at McKinsey & Co where she consulted primarily to the. pharmaceutical and health care sectors.. Prior to McKinsey, Ali spent four years as a development chemist for Zeneca, performing technical roles in the speciality chemicals and agrochemicals divisions. Ali holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and a first class degree in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow. Ali is a trustee of Care International UK, one of the world’s three biggest aid agencies working with 82m people in 87 countries.