Alex Duncan

Alex Duncan "has worked as a development practitioner, researcher, manager, and consultant economist in many parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, and at strategic level for several development agencies. He has a background in agriculture and rural development, but most of his current work is on the political economy of development, and he has had a particular long-term interest in eastern and southern Africa. He has worked for FAO, the World Bank and Oxford Policy Management. He is a Senior Associate Member of St.Antony’s College, and a Senior Research Associate of the African Studies Centre, Oxford."

• Director, The Policy Practice
• Trustee, Save the Children UK (2005 to present)
• Prepared a paper on the effectiveness of the Board of Save the Children UK, and presented it in October 2006 at a seminar for executives and trustees of UK charities. - 2006
• Programme Director (1989 - 1996), Food Studies Group, Oxford