Alex Allan
Sir Alex Allan is the UK Prime Minister's independent adviser on ministerial interests, appointed in January 2012. He is a former senior civil servant.
Civil service career
Allen was the head of the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee from 2007 until 2011.[1]
His formal position was Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment and was 'responsible to the Prime Minister for supervising the work of the JIC'.[2] He was also the 'head of the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which includes the Assessments Staff, a group of analysts responsible for drafting JIC assessments, providing warnings of threats to UK interests, and monitoring countries at risk of instability.' [3] In this role Allan is also in charge of the Strategic Horizons Unit of the JIO. He was appointed in December 2007.[4]
The JIC Chairman is also 'the Professional Head of Intelligence Analysis, a role established following recommendations in Lord Butler's 2004 review, with responsibility for enhancing the analytical capability of the UK intelligence community to enable it to work together more effectively and to provide better intelligence products for Ministers and senior policy makers.'[5]
Contact
- Twitter: AlexAllan
Notes
- ↑ Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Cabinet Office, accessed 7 July 2009.
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 March 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 March 2010
- ↑ Cabinet Office Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment, Last updated: 08 October 2009, accessed 6 march 2010
