Douglas Alexander
Strategic Advisor
With two decades working at the highest levels in UK Government, Douglas threads together academia, politics and strategy to advise on developments in politics, and the global economic environment.
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.
Credentials
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2018Appointed UK Chair of UNICEF
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2016Appointed at Pinsent Masons
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2011Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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2010Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
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2010Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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2007Secretary of State for International Development
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2007UK Governor to the World Bank
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2006Secretary of State for Scotland
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2006Secretary of State for Transport
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2005Minister of State for Europe
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2004Minister of State for Trade
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