Alastair joined Conciliation Resources in November 2022, to support the organisation’s work shaping counter-terrorism sanctions and developing policy messages on issues including gender, peace and security, mediation and dialogue and climate change and conflict. In this role, he is the co-chair of the Bond working group on Sanctions and Counterterrorism. Beforehand, Alastair spent five years at Saferworld, another UK-based peacebuilding organisation, where he supported donors, financial institutions and INGOs integrate and promote conflict sensitivity into their work in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia. Alastair holds a Masters Degree in Violence, Conflict and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).