Alex Allen

Currently the Commercial, Strategy and Change Director at Funding Circle, Alex left the British Army after 8 years in 2009. After a spell as an aid worker supporting the NGO Plan International in earthquake hit Haiti, he attended business school at INSEAD in France and Singapore, and then joined Bain & Company in London, where he advised senior client leadership across different industries and a range of capabilities including strategy, operations, performance optimisation and organisational improvement. He now leads commercial delivery for Funding Circle UK, as well as setting medium and longer-term strategy and ensuring efficient and effective change implementation.