An Unwavering Believer in the Power of Partnership, Alex is a Senior Program Officer on the Philanthropic Partnerships Team at the Gates Foundation with eight years of experience in partnership development, advanced negotiation, networking, stakeholder management, and fundraising.

Over this time, He has managed a portfolio of grants and contracts in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the USA (including funding the first-ever gender desk in an African newsroom)

Before joining the foundation, Alex was an Executive Producer of editorial partnerships at the BBC in London, the culmination of an eighteen-year-long career as an international multimedia journalist.

Alex was born and raised in Uganda, has lived, and worked on three continents, and is a passionate advocate of collaboration!