Tim Allan

Tim Allan

Managing Director

  • Tim founded Portland in 2001 after a career spanning business and political communications.
  • He spent 6 years working for Tony Blair in Opposition and then in 10 Downing Street. He was a key media adviser during the 1997 election campaign and then served as Deputy Press Secretary in Number 10 during the early period of the Blair government.
  • Following that he was appointed Director of Corporate Communications at BSkyB plc, responsible for corporate and financial communication during the launch of digital television in the UK.
  • He is a graduate of Cambridge University and of INSEAD where he received his MBA in 2000. He now divides his time between Portland’s London and New York offices.
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