Allan has over 15 years of experience in banking, payments, and ecommerce. He has practiced as a payments consultant in both the U.S. and the Netherlands, serving clients across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Allan specializes in B2B fintech and commercial card issuing, advising banks, card networks, and fintechs on agentic payments, commercial card program growth, fintech market expansion, and portfolio valuation. He delivers unique value to Flagship’s clients by pairing deep commercial card economics with hands-on operating experience building and scaling consumer brands.
Prior to joining Flagship, Allan was a Senior Advisor at Windward Strategy, a boutique consultancy specializing in commercial payments, where he advised issuers, networks, and fintechs.
Earlier in his career, Allan held operating roles as Director of Growth & Product Innovation at Lyra Collective, a private equity-backed brand aggregator, and as Senior Brand Manager at Colgate-Palmolive.
Allan began his career at First Annapolis, Flagship’s legacy firm, where he spent eight years serving companies on both the issuing and acquiring sides of the transaction.
