Allan joined Price Waterhouse as a trainee in 1987,[REF][REF] where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and specialised in business turnaround, and in 1994 she further qualified as a Chartered Secretary in the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators [REF].
In 2004, Allan started her master's degree in employment law and set up her employment law consultancy,[REF][REF][REF] specialising in discrimination and maternity issues [REF].