Alex K Brown

About Alex K Brown

COO, CFO, CD for six international charities (HKI, PSI, MSI, IPM, CARE, PfP) all working to find solutions to the health and wealth challenges of vulnerable people Fundraising and implementation experience with USAID (including PMI, PEPFAR and various Missions), Global Fund, DfID, KfW, UNICEF, EU, Dutch, World Bank, various Private Foundations (BMGF, Buffett, Hewlett, Packard, Hilton, Give Well, etc.) Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights including Abortions; Social Marketing; Social Franchising; Product Development Partnerships; micro-finance; commercial clinic and clinical trial operations; public/private partnerships; public sector mass distribution of neglected tropical disease treatments and vitamin A, anti-malarial drugs and mosquito nets; social and behavior change communications (SBCC) for health Maternal and child health including family planning, nutrition and vitamin A supplementation, safe abortion, gender based violence including female excision, cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment, and youth and adolescent reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; malaria prevention and treatment; neglected tropical diseases; WASH marketing and community-led total sanitation (CLTS) Strategic planning, strategic operations, business policies and systems development, business and financial skills training, cross-cultural teaching and coaching, market research, private sector operations research, small enterprise counselling and analysis West Africa and Southern Africa country management and living experience – Mali (6 years), Burkina Faso (8 years), Guinea (3 years), Swaziland (3 years); INGO HQ management and living experience – Washington D.C.(15 years), London (5 years) MBA Corporate Finance (Thunderbird); BS Marketing (CSU) English (native); fluent written and spoken French; rudimentary Spanish, Bambara, Moré

Experience

1. Country Director

   DKT International

   Jul 2024 — Present · Accra, GH

   Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Education

• Colorado State University

  BS Marketing, Business administration

  1973 — 1977

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  MIM/MBA, Multinational Corporate Finance

  1989 — 1990

Skills

• French
• Management
• Business Development
• Financial Analysis
• Nonprofits
• Business Strategy
• Microsoft Excel
• International Development
• Strategic Planning
• Program Management
• Managerial Finance
• Finance
• Fundraising
• Project Management
• Policy
• Word Processing
• Volunteer Management
• Ngos
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Modeling
• Contract Management
• Strategy
• Governance
• Research
• Non-Profits
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Account Reconciliation
• Internal Audit
• Capacity Building
• Business Planning
• Management Consulting
• Accounting
• Grants
• Project Planning
• Charities
• Team Leadership
• Cost Accounting
• Financial Accounting
• Auditing
• Performance Management