Alex Jacobs is director for program quality at Plan International. With 20 years of experience in NGOs, including Oxfam and Mango, Jacobs has carried out countless evaluations of humanitarian programs and contributed to leading international initiatives, and has been a visiting fellow at Oxford and Duke Universities.

Alex Kalomparis is the vice president of public affairs at Gilead Sciences. He is responsible for all communications and patient advocacy activities across Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kalomparis has held senior communication roles with a number of consumer and pharmaceutical companies including Unilever, Rolls Royce, Novartis, Roche, Astrazeneca, and GlaxoSmithKline.

Alex MacGillivray is director of development impact at CDC, the U.K.’s development finance institution. His work involves measuring how CDC meets its missions to build businesses and create jobs in Africa and South Asia. A recent study he worked on looked at the link between power, economic growth and job creation. Alex's background is in sustainable development, competitiveness and business strategy. Before joining CDC, he held senior positions at AccountAbility and the New Economics Foundation, and has worked with a broad range of businesses, government and nonprofits.

Alex Mihnovits is the data programme officer for HelpAge International, responsible for the Global AgeWatch and data programme. Alex holds a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Gothenburg.

Alex Thier is a senior democracy fellow at Freedom House and a senior adviser at Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was a senior official in the Obama administration and executive director of the Overseas Development Institute in London.

Alexander Carnwath is Unicef UK’s senior humanitarian policy adviser.

Alexander Kjærum is a global advisor, senior analyst with the Danish Refugee Council. He is leading the work on enhancing the use of data and analysis for strategic planning, programming, and advocacy. He is also the lead on use of predictive analytics and author on the flagship Global Displacement Forecast report.

Alexander Matheou is the regional director for Asia Pacific at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He has worked in the humanitarian sector for 20 years across a variety of fields, including disaster response, food security, social exclusion, displacement and migration, HIV/TB prevention, and institutional development.

Alexander Müller is the founder of TMG Think Tank for Sustainability. He has vast experience in global sustainability governance, including as former FAO assistant director-general; Germany’s state secretary for consumer protection, food and agriculture; chair of the U.N. Standing Committee on Nutrition; and lead at TEEBAgriFood, among others.