Alex is a Director in Visa's Money Movement Innovation & Strategic Initiatives team, leading global strategic growth projects to build the future of money and payments. Including, through a number of cross-industry collaborations such as the BIS Project Agora and the UK Regulated Liability Network. Previously, Alex was in Visa's Product & Payment Services Risk team, leading strategic risk initiatives to drive growth, enhance Visa's operational resilience and protect the payments ecosystem.

Alex spent a decade in a variety of roles across the Bank of England, Office for National Statistics and UK Parliament. Alex studied Politics and History at the University of Hull / City University of Hong Kong. He has an Executive MBA from Exeter Business School and an MSc from the London School of Economics.