In her role as Principal, Alexandra leads the Global Programmes team’s work to support global and transregional organisations and initiatives in their efforts to create an environment where independent media thrives, and people can access accurate, trustworthy information.  

Alexandra brings extensive experience of designing and implementing media support and development projects, working at the local, regional and global levels and with a wide range of partners around the world.

Before joining Luminate, Alexandra worked in Search for Common Ground’s Strategy Alignment team, where she was leading the media for peacebuilding and social and behaviour change communication programming globally.

Prior to that, Alexandra worked at BBC Media Action for 9 years and led media projects with a focus on governance, accountability, youth engagement and humanitarian programming, working with a diverse set of independent media and civil society organisations on capacity strengthening, public interest co-productions, policy and research as well as media viability.

Alexandra is a published author and public speaker on media and politics. An avid consumer of drama series, she has a particular interest in pop culture's role in social change and the impact of digital technology on the production and consumption of content.