Allan has worked at Société Générale for 17 years, and in the energy sector for more than 35 years, initially as an engineer and then in finance. During his career he has advised on and/or financed a broad spectrum of energy and infrastructure projects in Europe, the US and Asia including in the renewable energy sector, particularly in offshore wind. He has been a leading figure in CCUS financing for some years and most recently Allan has advised on the successful approx. £8bn of debt financing for Net Zero Teesside (CCGT with CCS) and Northern Endurance Partnership (CO₂ pipeline and offshore store infrastructure) in the UK and is currently acting as Financial Advisor for the EETH (Vertex) blue Hydrogen project, also in the UK. Allan plays a leading role in developing the banks’ global energy transition strategy and has been helping to drive innovation in other new areas of energy transition; notably advising on floating wind transactions, including currently the 1GW Cerulean Winds floating offshore wind project in the UK, interconnector projects, renewables to market projects integrating renewable capacity with long-distance cables to deliver electrons to market, and hydrogen developments, including as advisor to Hydrom for the Oman hydrogen ecosystem.

Allan is also a key contributor to clean energy policy development and is currently a member of the UK government CCUS Council and the Hydrogen Expert Group.

Allan has a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA, is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer.