Mike Allan is a consultant and a director of Riskplus Consult Limited, a management and training consulting firm. After a stint as an officer in the Ghana Army, he entered the University of Ghana in 1986 and graduated in 1989, with BA (Hons.) in Sociology with Economics. He also holds a MBA (Marketing) degree from the same university and a Diploma in Insurance from the West African Insurance Institute (WAII), The Gambia.

He worked as Sales Manager for Industrial Fire Engineers after his first degree. He joined KAB Marketing Associates in 1996 as an Assistant Consultant/ Trainer, where he conducted training programmes and carried out marketing consulting projects for reputable financial services companies.

After a brief stint in university teaching in 1998, he join the insurance industry as a Marketing Manager for Star Assurance Co. Ltd. He moved on to work as a General Manager for an insurance broking firm in 2006. He later set up Riskplus Consult Limited and was its first Executive Director.

He now consults privately, lectures and is a director of Riskplus Consult Ltd and Sirius Opportunity Fund. He has expertise in export management and marketing research. He possesses a thorough and practical understanding of all aspects of marketing, including services marketing, export marketing and market research, gained through his many years of industry experience and consulting.

He has a wealth of experience in the development and management of small & medium-size enterprises. He was for several years a director of Integrated Productivity Development Centre (INPRODEC). INPRODEC, a non-governmental organization, was engaged in training, development and funding of export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises.