Sir Alan Collins

Trustee

Alan is a former British Diplomat.  He has served overseas in Ethiopia and Taiwan and been the Ambassador to the Philippines, the High Commissioner to Singapore, the Consul General in New York and the Director General of Trade and Investment for the United States. He was responsible in government for the international aspects of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics having been part of Lord Coe’s team that won the right to hold the Games in London.  He has since been on a number of FTSE company boards and is currently a non-executive Director of JPMorgan American Investment Trust plc and ICICI Bank UK plc.

Alan is a member of the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Royal Overseas League and the MCC.  He is a Freeman of the City of London.

Alan lives in Hampshire and has a rescue retired racing greyhound called Darcey.