Alexander is an Environmental Economist and Environmental Scientist with extensive experience in communicating novel economic solutions to environmental problems in the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Academic, Diplomatic, and community contexts in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), the Caribbean Region and Globally. His belief is that economic thinking and tools are essential to change human behaviour and national policy, for improved environmental outcomes, and this is reflected in his experience.
He worked as an Environmental Economist with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the University of the West Indies (UWI) and The Cropper Foundation under the UNEP Global flagship Project ProEcoServ (The Project for Ecosystem Services) between the years 2011-2014. Under this project, he evaluated the economic contribution of ecosystem services, such as flood prevention, pollination and water provision, in terms of valuable dollars and cents to T&T’s bottom line. He has presented his research and work under this project at the annual TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity, a UN initiative), at the United Nations Forum for Forest SIDS conference, at the Eco-Balance Conference and to multiple ministers, stakeholders, academics and communities. Between 2015-2019 Alexander Served as the Programme Coordinator of the Caribbean Sea Commission (CSC) of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).
Currently he is working with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to develop a Green-Blue Economy Strategy and Action Plan. He also works with the UNEP WCMC on Grenada’s National ecosystem assessment, by building the capacity of communities to conduct basic valuation of ecosystem services to improve communication on Ecosystem value and support advocacy for environmental protection.