Sir Alan Stanley Collins, KCVO, CMG (Chinese: 柯安龍爵士; born 1 April 1948), is a retired British diplomat and former Consul General in New York City (2007–11), High Commissioner to Singapore (2003–07) and Ambassador to the Philippines (1998–2002).

He had served in a number of diplomatic positions in Ethiopia and the Philippines before he became Head of Aviation and Maritime Department in 1993.

As High Commissioner to Singapore, he took part in arranging Queen Elizabeth II's third state visit to that country in 2006, for which he was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

After retiring from the diplomatic service in 2011, Collins has held a number of directorships, including those of Prudential Assurance Singapore, ICICI Bank UK and JP Morgan American Investment Trust, etc.

[4] In 1995, Collins was selected, among a pool of five to six fellow diplomats, to succeed Philip Morrice, who was to become Consul General in Sydney, Australia, as Director-General of the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China).

[9] From 1998 to 2002, Collins was appointed Ambassador to the Philippines, where he got involved in a number of livelihood projects and paid particular attention to children welfare.

[10] In 2002, Collins was seconded to Royal Dutch Shell as vice-president for International Relations, responsible for the company's global relationships with governments.

[13] In September 2006, it was announced that Collins would take up the dual position of Consul General in New York and Director-General of Trade and Investment in the United States.

In 2011, he was appointed the Senior Responsible Officer of the London Olympics 2012 Co-ordination Unit to oversee the FCO's contribution to the Games.

[15] Collins retired from the FCO in 2011 after serving four years as Consul General in New York, but he continued to hold the offices related to the Olympic Games until 2012.