Craig Allen

Ambassador Craig Allen joined The Cohen Group in 2025 after serving as the President of the US-China Business Council (USCBC) from 2018 to 2024, a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing over 200 American companies doing business in China. Concurrently, as of May 2025, he serves as a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society’s Center for China Analysis. Prior to his leadership at USCBC, Ambassador Allen was the United States Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam from December 19, 2014, to July 2018.

Before his ambassadorial role, Ambassador Allen had a long and distinguished career in US public service, primarily within the Department of Commerce. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia at the Department’s International Trade Administration and later as Deputy Assistant Secretary for China. His prior overseas assignment include serving as the Senior Commercial Officer at the US Embassy in Beijing, where he held the Minister Counselor rank of the Senior Foreign Service. He also served as Senior Commercial Officer in South Africa and as Deputy Senior Commercial Officer a the US Embassy in Tokyo.

Earlier in his career, Ambassador Allen worked at the National Center for APEC in Seattle, contributing to APEC Summits in Brunei, China, and Mexico. He held commercial attaché positions at the U.S. Embassies in Beijing and Tokyo and at the American Institute in Taiwan, where he was Director of the American Trade Center in Taipei. He began his government career in 1985 as a Presidential Management Intern at the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, later serving as an international economist in its China Office.

Ambassador Allen holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Asian Studies from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Craig Allen大使于2025年加入The Cohen Group，此前他于2018年至2024年担任美中贸易全国委员会（USCBC）主席，该委员会是一个私营、非党派、非营利组织，代表在中国开展业务的200多家美国公司。同时，自2025年5月起，他担任亚洲协会中国分析中心的高级研究员。在担任USCBC领导职务之前，艾伦大使于2014年12月19日至2018年7月担任美国驻文莱达鲁萨兰国大使。

在担任大使之前，Ambassador Allen在美国公共服务领域拥有悠久而杰出的职业生涯，主要在商务部任职。他曾担任商务部国际贸易管理局亚洲事务副助理部长，后又担任中国事务副助理部长。他此前在海外的任职经历包括担任驻北京美国大使馆高级商务官，当时他拥有高级外交官的参赞级别的职位。他还曾担任南非高级商务官，以及驻东京美国大使馆副高级商务官。

早年，Ambassador Allen曾在西雅图的亚太经合组织（APEC）国家中心工作，参与了文莱、中国和墨西哥举行的APEC峰会。他曾在美国驻北京和东京大使馆以及美国在台协会担任商业参赞，并在台北的美国贸易中心担任主任。他于1985年以总统管理实习生的身份开始政府职业生涯，任职于商务部国际贸易管理局，后担任该局中国办公室的国际经济学家。

Ambassador Allen拥有密歇根大学政治学与亚洲研究学士学位，以及乔治城大学外交服务理学硕士学位。