Douglas Alexander

Working closely with Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Douglas was tasked with developing innovative approaches to address some of the world’s most complex and difficult problems. Today, he is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School and a Visiting Professor at the Policy Institute of King’s College, London. He has a degree in law and practiced as a solicitor in Scotland before entering politics.

Douglas is a Member of the European Council of Foreign Relations and a member of the Privy Council. He has produced many highly acclaimed texts on British Foreign Policy and brings decades of knowledge to contemporary issues of European economic and foreign policy making.