Allam is the recipient of several international Awards  and Medals for contribution to International scientific Research and listed in the WHO’S WHO IN THE  WORLD 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 WHO’S WHO  IN the WORLD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD,  WHO’S WHO IN FINANCE and BUSINESS 2009/2010 and WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA 2012, 2014 published  by Marquis Who’s Who, USA.Allam is a Professor of Knowledge Management and  Sustainable Development and recently joint Queen  Mary University of London as a Senior Policy Fellow  with the Global Policy Institute and Honorary  Professor with the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. 

He was Professor of Knowledge Management and  Sustainable Development and the Co-Director of the  Centre of Islamic Finance, Law and Communities  (CIFLAC) at the Royal Docks School of Business and  Law, UK. Founding Director of the Middle Eastern Knowledge Economy Institute (MEKEI), UK. He spent 15 years (2004-2019) at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK, where he established and led the postgraduate programme MSc International Management.

He has also been fortunate enough to have a wide variety of teaching experiences prior to the University of East London at Sussex, Edinburgh Napier University (Business School), University of Edinburgh (School of Economics), University of Leicester (Centre for Labour Market Studies) as well as international working experience at Regent’s University London, Schiller International University (London) and Amity Business School (India).

For more than 25 years, Allam has presented many keynotes and public speeches to a wide range of audience drawn from academic institutions, industries and international organisations from a broad range of backgrounds, post and undergraduate students, senior and middle management to government officials and trainees at all levels. He has also led seminars and workshops in science, technology and innovation; knowledge management; technology transfer and commercialisation; research and development (R&D); strategic planning; curriculum design and delivery of UK and overseas programmes; marketing; management; leadership development; etc