title: Tim Allan
text: # Tim Allan
  
  Timothy Neil Allan is a public relations consultant and was an advisor to Tony Blair from 1992 to 1998. He is the founder and managing director of Portland Communications in London, England. In April 2012 it was reported that Allan was set to sell a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.
  
  ## Education
  
  He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Godalming Sixth Form College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A., 1992).
  
  ## Career
  
  Between leaving work within politics and setting up his consultancy he was director of corporate communications at BSkyB.
  
  His political advisor roles were researcher for Tony Blair when he was shadow home secretary, deputy press secretary to Tony Blair, when leader of the Labour Party and from 1997 he was deputy director of communications at 10 Downing Street.
  
  