Alexander Knapp Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) — Tokyo
• Identified over £500m in relevant funding over ten years specific to ITTO competitive advantage/Service Lines from nine European donors, foundationsWinrock International — Washington DC, Brussels
• Generated five new cross-disciplinary, global business lines including: Food and Water Security, Revitalising Local Economies, and Opportunities for YouthBritish Land – London
• Generated commercial data and non-linear modelling of the emerging £22b annual UK market for ‘intelligent buildings’ to prioritise business developmentUN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) —.
• Designed and modelled the multi-sectoral analysis (‘convergence’) of severe humanitarian needs and endemic conflict for the Humanitarian Response PlanUN/AU Hybrid Operation in Dafur (UNAMID) — El Fasher
• Managed Humanitarian, Protection Strategy Coordination Division (HPS) to provide for receipt, triage, delivery and optimisation of aid for 30,000+ peopleThe World Bank — Washington DC, Kabul, Baghdad, Khartoum

London, United Kingdom

• Lecturer in Applied Complexity for the International Relations, and International Business Faculties
• Taught Undergraduate and Graduate students; classes including:— “Managing Uncertainty: Entrepreneurship, Complexity and Global Markets”— “Wicked Problems: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Response”— “Resilience and.
• Advised students on academic and professional progress, led workshops on career planning, CV design, job-hunting, public speaking, and enrichment
• Advised Deans, Academic Advisors on curriculum development, advanced topics and new programme themes

London, United Kingdom And Washington DC

• Visiting Professor in International Relations, International Development and Complexity
• Taught Undergraduate and Graduate students; classes including:— “World Domination 101: Introduction to International Relations”— “Order in Chaos: International Project Management”— “Dysfunctional Family: International.
• Advised students on academic and professional progress, led workshops on career planning, CV design, job-hunting, public speaking, and enrichment
• Advised Deans, Academic Advisors on curriculum development, advanced topics and new programme themes

• Led IFES, OSCE, UN and other partners’ first-response teams in conflict zones including Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Iraq and Liberia to secure operational bases, built political/diplomatic contacts, liaised with.
• Designed and managed large-scale projects ($1M-$42M) including recruitment/staffing, budget design and oversight, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and representation, and hand-over/close-out
• Led negotiations and agreement on funding ($500K - $25M) with international donors to implement development projects in democracy and governance, decentralisation, civil society, humanitarian aid and post-conflict.
• Developed, negotiated and implemented large-scale humanitarian and electoral operations including budgeting, legal analysis and development, constitutional reform, public administration and ethnic conflict management
• Led IFES strategic planning process, developed global blueprint for growth, including reorganisation, mergers and acquisitions, development/fund-raising, recruiting/training and marketing of core services into new and.
• Provided direct technical assistance and management of field and executive projects while seconded to the United Nations, International Red Cross, EU, OSCE and African Union (AU) missions and offices

• Analyse OSCE Member-State declarations of conventional weaponry (tanks, artillery pieces, armored combat vehicles (ACVs), combat aircraft; and attack helicopters) for compliance with Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE).
• Assist in logistical and diplomatic preparations for deployment of OSCE stabilisation, monitoring, and humanitarian missions
• Advance and assist in set-up of OSCE Mission in Bosnia under mandate of Dayton Peace Accords including establishment of operational bases, transportation, security, local staff selection, communications.
• Co-ordinate electoral operations for parliamentary/national elections including planning and logistics for 3600 international election supervisors during a six-week deployment

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Management (Strategy)

Activities and Societies: The Strategy Group (Business School), Edinburgh Futures Institute, International Studies Association (ISA).

Certificate, Election Registration And Administration

In conjunction with The Election Center, Houston, TX, USA

Ma, International Law

Fulbright Scholar to the University of Vienna Law School, and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre/Secretariat

Ba, International Studies

Study/Work Abroad - Brussels ('92-'93), Budapest ('93-'94), Moscow ('94-'95)