Alex is an experienced programme manager from the not-for-profit sector. She spent a number of years working in the international development sector with agencies such as UNDP in East Timor and with CAFOD, where she was responsible for the South East Asia programme.
Before returning to Ireland, Alex was based in Jamaica, working for the British High Commission on a capacity building project in the prison sector. Following her return to Ireland, in 2015 she co-founded CyberSafeIreland, now known as CyberSafeKids, and is currently its CEO, helping to build the organisation to a level where it is providing its services to thousands of children each year. Both personally as a parent, and professionally in her role at CyberSafeKids, she is extremely passionate about ensuring that children and young people are equipped to be online in a safe and smart way.
Alex completed a QQI Level 6 component certificate in Child Psychology in 2019, a Professional Certificate in Digital Policy at UCD in 2022 and holds a Master’s Degree in Peace Studies from Trinity College Dublin, in addition to a MA from the University of Edinburgh.
Bio courtesy of www.cybersafekids.ie