Alice Hilken

Alice Hilken is the NMC’s General Counsel. She joined the NMC in December 2014, after 17 years as an independent barrister specialising in housing, homelessness, public and human rights law.

She has also been a Principal Lecturer on the Bar Finals course and an external examiner for the University of Law. Alice has a particular interest in organisational learning and, over the course of her career, has provided training to large organisations and professionals on a wide range of legal issues.

Since joining the NMC, Alice has worked in a number of legal roles across the organisation and has supported the NMC on a wide range of complex regulatory and corporate issues. Her key role is to support Council, the Executive Board and wider NMC to ensure the organisation is able to discharge its regulatory and corporate functions in line with legislative requirements and wider legal obligations.