Alex's early career was in the music industry. Aged 13 he began to tour the world as a violin soloist and performed under the greatest conductors of the modern era. He was awarded prestigious scholarships to attend the Purcell School, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, won an array of prizes along the way and became a regular guest at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

Aged 24 his career was abruptly halted by the onset of repetitive strain injury (RSI) in his right hand and faced with mounting debts and no source of income, his criminal career began. His life spiralled out of control, culminating in several years spent in prison for a number of dishonesty offences - everything from impersonating the 13th Duke of Marlborough to committing multi-million pound cyber-crime.

Since his release from jail in early 2022 Alex has turned his life around and become an immensely powerful force in the Counter Fraud profession. In February 2023 he was a Keynote Speaker at CounterFraud 2023 (organised by the Cabinet Office, the Public Sector Fraud Authority and GovNet). Since then, Alex has presented dozens of Keynote speeches including for:

- LBFIG (London Boroughs’ Fraud Investigators’ Group) AGM at Pinsent Masons’ HQ

- National Investigations Conference (NICONF23) in Birmingham (a speech entitled ‘Inside the Mind of a Criminal’)

- LA Financial Investigators Forum (talking about everything from social engineering to underworld banking)

- Fraud Prevention Network - #RISK23 (Excel Centre)

- Anti Financial Crime Summit 2023

- Transform Finance 2023 (a speech entitled 'Future Threats for Generative AI'). In October 2023 Alex was featured on BBC R4 (File on 4) and TalkTV (Vanessa Feltz show). In addition to Public Sector speaking and advisory, he consults for leading global financial institutions (including Tier 1 banks, insurance providers, law firms and risk experts) so as to enable a deep understanding of the ‘Fraud Mindset’ as well as sophisticated ‘Social Engineering’ techniques and the threat of emerging tech (including AI).

Alex is working on a national strategy, in partnership with banks, lawyers, Police forces and Government in order to educate children about the risks of involvement in mule activity. While in prison, Alex was signed by the world-leading literary agent Andrew Lownie. His story is now the subject of a major documentary (in production) by the renowned film makers Chris Atkins and Louis Theroux (Mindhouse Productions).

Alex is exclusively represented by Sara Butler at SCAMP Speakers.