After graduating from university, Colin Allen held sales and marketing positions with a variety of sports organisations across the United Kingdom and the United States, including Oakland Raiders and IMG. It was an experience working with a large health care network at one of these organisations that he realised that his passion is working with non-profit organisations.

Regardless of the type of organisation, Allen has successfully found innovative ways to increase revenue, but always with a focus on relationships. In the non-profit space, Allen has led teams in the United States and Australia. He believes in the role of philanthropy to solve problems and enjoys creating donor-centric experiences to achieve an organisation’s mission.

Allen was also a trustee at Ronald McDonald House in San Francisco. He holds an undergraduate degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in business administration from Johns Hopkins University.