Alexander Mäkelä

As Chief Policy Officer, Alexander leads Carbon Gap’s policy team across Europe and driving global efforts to advance carbon dioxide removal.

Before joining Carbon Gap, Alexander has, among other things, worked at McKinsey as a management consultant focused on carbon management, worked on digital policy at Facebook, supported civil society organisations while at The Good Lobby, and taken care of refugees as a social entrepreneur on behalf of the Swedish government.

Alexander earned his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management as a Fulbright Scholar, a master’s degree in European Public Policy from the College of Europe, and a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Lancaster University.