Alex is the first-ever Executive Secretary of the Initiative Cacao Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana (ICCIG) since 2021. Prior to that, he was the Director of Corporate Affairs, Cocoa, Mars Wrigley Confectionery. Alex joined Mars in 2013, as Global Programs lead, where he built partnerships to deliver an average of $20M per year in external funding in support of their raw material sourcing strategies. He developed advocacy and engagement strategies to support their sustainability objectives.
He was responsible for overseeing all government relationships and international institutional activity relevant to cocoa in West Africa. He contributed to associate relevant engagement to cocoa as we progress on our journey to ensure that cocoa is a sustainable crop for the future.
He was also Director of International Government Relations, and in that role, he supported the design of a framework for the development of strategies to guide Mars’ engagement with international organisations, such as the WHO, IFAD, and World Bank and others.
