by Alexander Matheou | May 19, 2020 | Leadership voices
Executive Director – International British Red Cross Society We still don’t have a clear picture of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in fragile states and low-income countries. The secondary impacts, however, are already severely felt. Despite the initial surge to...
by Alexander Matheou | Nov 14, 2019 | Leadership voices
Executive Director – International British Red Cross Society A quiet revolution is happening in how partner Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are collaborating. It is not happening everywhere, not everyone is on board and there continue to be bumps in the road. ...
by Alexander Matheou | Feb 25, 2019 | Leadership voices
Going to scale: In 2016, I attended a roundtable to discuss plans to mitigate a major hunger crisis in southern Africa. Agencies and donors put proposals on the table to import cereals, to oversee mass targeting for cash-based assistance and to diversify the...
by Alexander Matheou | Jan 22, 2019 | Leadership voices
At British Red Cross, we’ve been writing our international strategy at the same time as the Strategy 2030 consultations have been taking place, so we’ve been able to benefit from the S2030 horizon scanning of external trends, and from the reflections on how we’re...