Alex Allan

Sir Alex Allan
Chairman of the
Joint Intelligence Committee
In office
15 November 2007 – 2011
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded bySir Richard Mottram
as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience
Succeeded bySir Jon Day
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
In office
1 August 2004 – 15 November 2007
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Lord ChancellorLord Falconer of Thoroton
Jack Straw
Preceded bySir Hayden Phillips
Succeeded bySir Suma Chakrabarti
British High Commissioner to Australia
In office
1 September 1997 – 31 January 1999
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded bySir Roger Carrick
Succeeded bySir Alastair Goodlad
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1992–1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Tony Blair
Preceded byAndrew Turnbull
Succeeded byJohn Holmes
Personal details
Born (1951-02-09) 9 February 1951 (age 73)
NationalityBritish
RelationsRobert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew (father)
ResidenceLondon
Alma materHarrow School
Cambridge University
University College London
OccupationCivil servant

Sir Alexander Claud Stuart Allan KCB (born 9 February 1951) is a British civil servant who served as chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Head of Intelligence Assessment for Her Majesty's Government between 2007 and 2011.

He resigned as the Prime Minister's Independent advisor on ministerial standards in November 2020.