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Alex Allan

Permanent Secretary

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Alex Allan

Responsibilities

  • Permanent Secretary
  • Principal Accounting Officer for DCA

Biography

Alex Allan took up the post of Permanent Secretary at the Department for Constitutional Affairs on 1 August 2004.

From 1973 to 1992 he had various appointments in Customs & Excise and HM Treasury. From 1992-1997 he was principal private secretary to the Prime Minister (John Major to April 1997 and Tony Blair to Aug 1997). From 1997-1999 he was British High Commissioner to Australia. From 1999-2000 he was E-envoy for the British Government and from 2001- 2004 he moved to live in western Australia where he worked on a range of IT, government and international issues.

Education

Harrow School. BA(Hons) Mathematics, Clare College, Cambridge. MSc in Statistics, University College, London.

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