Alexander Agosti, a Senior Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist, has 20 years of experience in international development and humanitarian efforts, including post-disaster and post-conflict recovery, crisis management and emergency response, DRM and resilience building.
Alex joined the Bank in 2015 and has played a key role in developing analytical products, designing and operationalizing post-disaster and post-conflict recovery operations, and conducting high-level policy dialogues with Government and development partners, first in Africa (North East Nigeria, Malawi and Somalia) and now in Latin America and the Caribbean (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Sint Maarten and The Bahamas).
Prior to joining the Bank, Alex spent ten years at the American Red Cross in a number of international and domestic leadership roles in DRM, including Regional Manager for LAC programs and Regional Representative for Southern Africa. Alex has a master’s degree in Communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Yale University.