Alex Skinner is a Senior Risk Consultant at Control Risks ONE Global Risks and Operations Centre (EMEA). He has experience in counter terrorism, crisis management and international relations.
Alex previously worked in government, where he led a team on East Africa counter terrorism strategy, spent three years in Copenhagen covering climate change, and delivered crisis preparation, response and recovery, in the UK and Canada. He has led deployment teams during evacuations, crisis planning, training and exercises across the Middle East and North Africa. He has directed headquarter-based crisis teams responding to terrorist attacks, accidents, COVID-19 and natural disasters.
Alex holds an MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management, and volunteers for a Disaster Risk Reduction research organisation, predominantly focused on South Asia. Alex has studied French and Spanish, and spent time living and working in Spain, Copenhagen and Ottawa.