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Alexander founded SPOT Advisory in 2015 and leads its work in strategy, policy, and operations, with a focus on procurement, logistics, and supply chain management and the policies, processes, and systems that make them deliver. He has led high-value, complex engagements across Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America, with particular strength in stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and change management.

What sets his perspective apart is that he has run these functions, not only advised on them. He served as interim Chief Procurement Officer of one of the largest UN peacekeeping missions, responsible for a portfolio of roughly USD 400 million and teams of around 55 staff, and earlier, as deputy director of a UN sustainable-procurement practice spanning 80 countries, led a corporate-wide change programme and took the organization to the highest level of an internationally recognized sustainable-procurement certification. He began his consulting career in the supply chain practice of a leading global management consulting firm, and earlier coordinated humanitarian health-care operations for a population of 280,000 with Medecins sans Frontieres.

Alexander holds a PhD in Business Information Systems from the University of Paderborn (magna cum laude) and a Master of Science from the University of Southern California, completed as a Fulbright scholar. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS), a qualified CIPS Assessor, and PRINCE2 Practitioner. He lectures at several European universities, has published more than 30 papers, and serves on the scholarship selection committees of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He speaks German, English, and French.