Jon Alexander

JON ALEXANDER began his career in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year, before making a dramatic change.Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle.In 2014, he co-founded a consultancy business called the New Citizenship Project to bring the result ideas into contact with reality. He and his team have since worked with...See more

JON ALEXANDER began his career in advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year, before making a dramatic change.Driven by a deep need to understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and its alternatives from every angle.In 2014, he co-founded a consultancy business called the New Citizenship Project to bring the result ideas into contact with reality. He and his team have since worked with organisations from across sectors and geographies, including the BBC, the European Central Bank, and the Guardian. In Citizens, he is ready to share those ideas with the world, and he is doing exactly that - delivering keynote speeches and workshops in locations ranging from Athens to Singapore to Los Angeles and beyond.He read classics at the University of Cambridge. See less