He oversees and manages the engagement of focal points, regional partners and other stakeholders to advance the FP2030 goals within the East and Southern Africa Regional Hub. He also deputizes the Managing Director by providing supervisory, technical and operational guidance at the regional hub.

Alex has over 10 years’ experience in family planning, adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) and he has previously served as a task force and technical working group member for the AYSRH program at the Ministry of Health in Kenya.

Prior to joining FP2030, Alex worked as the Technical Family Planning/ Reproductive Health (FP/RH) Officer at Amref Health Africa and doubled in as the East Africa regional Knowledge Management (KM) Officer for the Knowledge SUCCESS global flagship USAID KM project collaborating with regional bodies, FP/RH technical working groups and Ministries of Health in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

Alex , previously worked at Amref’s Health System Strengthening program and was seconded to the former First Lady of Kenya’s Maternal Health Program (Beyond Zero) to provide strategic and technical support.

He served as the Country Coordinator for the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP) in Kenya. His other previous roles were at Marie Stopes International, International Centre for Reproductive Health in Kenya (ICRHK), Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Kenya Medical Association- Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance (KMA/RHRA), and Family Health Options Kenya (FHOK).

Alex is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Population Health and a Master of Public Health (Reproductive Health) from Kenyatta University, Kenya, and a Master of Public Policy from the School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP) in Indonesia where he is also a public health and health policy writer and website contributor for the Strategic Review Journal. Alex has devoted his career to mentor others. He currently mentors MSc Sexual & Reproductive Health Policy and Programming students at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of Ghana. He also mentors public health students at the University of Minnesota.

Alex is a lifetime volunteer who upholds the spirit of volunteerism and service to humanity.