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Alex Keay, Director of Partnerships

 
Alex

Alex Keay first joined Mary’s Meals as a volunteer in the early 2000s while pursuing a career in Aquaculture and Marine Science. An interest in humanitarian work led him to spend a year in Liberia, working with displaced communities and refugees – including former child soldiers who were trying to rebuild their lives after a brutal 14-year conflict.

Today, Alex is the Director of Partnerships at Mary’s Meals International (MMI), following many years of service in the Programmes directorate. He oversees the major donor fundraising strategy globally and leads the stewardship of various philanthropic funding sources while supporting the teams responsible for nurturing key grants, partnerships, and donor relationships.

As a prominent spokesperson for Mary’s Meals, Alex offers a wealth of knowledge and firsthand experience of our work, our values, and the importance of strong partnerships.

He has spent time in several countries where children receive Mary’s Meals, including Ethiopia, Mozambique, Haiti, South Sudan, Kenya, and Malawi. Through his extensive travels and interactions, he has fostered lasting relationships with key in-country stakeholders, gaining invaluable insights into the transformative impact of school meals on children, their families, their communities, and their future opportunities, as well as the challenges faced by communities living in poverty and experiencing hunger. His profound appreciation of the difficulties faced by vulnerable communities makes him a compelling voice on the work of the global school feeding charity and wider topics concerning hunger, international development, and the power of transformative generosity.

 

Speaking topics: 

The power of partnership working; global child hunger; food insecurity; the impact of climate change on poverty; the role of school feeding during early years and primary education; Mary’s Meals’ contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals; responding to emergency situations; school feeding in complex contexts; identifying areas of great need and ways to reach children most in need; collaboration for generational change; the role of school feeding in international development; logistics of large-scale school feeding in remote areas; delivering school feeding through a low-cost model; community ownership; volunteer-led working; organisational values in action.

 

Speaking engagements/experience 

  • Talk TV with Trisha Goddard
  • Times Radio 
  • Video diary, Tigray, Ethiopia
    Alex featured in Mary’s Meals video diary content from Tigray, Ethiopia, sharing first-hand insight into the challenges facing communities affected by conflict and hunger. Alex Keay | Mary's Meals in Ethiopia | Video Diary 
  • Emergency in Southern Africa – Mozambique
    Alex has also appeared in Mary’s Meals video content from Mozambique, speaking about the impact of the emergency in Southern Africa and the role of school feeding in supporting communities.
     Emergency in Southern Africa | Alex Keay | Mozambique
  • Mary’s Meals Czech Republic interview
    Alex featured in a public interview with Mary’s Meals Czech Republic, reflecting on Mary’s Meals’ work and wider issues relating to hunger and international development.
    Rozhovor s Alexem Keay, ředitelem rozvoje programových zemí v Mary’s Meals International 
  • Radio Proglas and TV Noe, Czech Republic (2025)
    Alex also took part in Czech media appearances, including interviews with Radio Proglas and TV Noe, as part of Mary’s Meals public engagement work.
    Radioreport - Radio Proglas