Timothy Neil Allan is a
public relations consultant and was an advisor to
Tony Blair from 1992 to 1998. He is the founder and managing director of
Portland Communications in
London, England.
In April 2012 it was reported that Allan was set to sell a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company
Omnicom for £20 million.
Education
He was educated at the
Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Godalming Sixth Form College, and
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...
(B.A., 1992).
Career
Between leaving work within politics and setting up his consultancy he was director of corporate communications at
BSkyB
Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of ...
.
His political advisor roles were researcher for Tony Blair when he was shadow home secretary, deputy press secretary to Tony Blair, when leader of the
Labour Party and from 1997 he was deputy director of communications at
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street in London, also known colloquially in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the official residence and executive office of the first lord of the treasury, usually, by convention, the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Along wi ...
.
References
External links
Portland Communications
Living people
British public relations people
Labour Party (UK) officials
British special advisers
People educated at Royal Grammar School, Guildford
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing (living people)
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