Lindsay Alexander

Lindsay Alexander

Role: Inclusive Governance Business Manager

Team: Inclusive Governance team

Profile:

I lead on business development for CARE's Inclusive Governance team. I lead the diversification and growth of inclusive governance across programming in CARE country offices. This includes developing new and innovative programming ideas, funding and strategic partnerships with donors, peers and the commercial sector. 

I previously worked as a consultant and in multiple roles as a practitioner, adviser and manager with International Alert in London, West Africa and South Asia. My technical areas of expertise include conflict-sensitive development, aid effectiveness and inclusive governance in fragile states, economic dimensions of peacebuilding, and community security and justice.

I am currently working on scaling-up or developing new and innovative partnerships and programmes around inclusive land governance (with CARE Tanzania); digitalisation of citizen-generated data for better and more accountable health and education services (with World Vision and Kwantu); and building a Beneficiary Feedback Lab for increased accountability within the development, humanitarian and corporate sectors.

Email: lalexander@careinternational.org


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