TRANSPARENCY RESEARCH

Alex has previously worked for the Prince's Trust as Manager of Social Research and Evaluation, a Senior Policy Officer at Crisis and the Contracted Services Manager for the HIV Team at Kensington and Chelsea Social Services, before setting up Transparency Research in 2001. Alex is a qualified teacher, has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Essex, a masters in Race and Ethnic Relations from the University of London (Birkbeck) and is currently pursuing a masters in international development management with the Open University.

Alex has lived and worked in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania) and is very familiar with social and political dynamics of the region, and has completed projects for VSO Tanzania and a number of businesses in Kenya and Uganda. He takes a particular interest in new technologies and has developed database management systems for business and for research purposes, and is developing systems for use in the East African market.