Alex Davis

I tell stories that move capital

Investor and executive communications strategy for global impact.

About

After fifteen years in communications for international organizations, finance, and tech, I understand how capital moves, what investors respond to, and how to create narratives that resonate on the global stage.

I develop brands and campaigns that cut through the noise around purpose, impact, and sustainability, executing across fundraises, launches, events, and speaking engagements, and building the editorial presence that keeps you visible in between.

After years in Southeast Asia and New York City, I’m now based in Amsterdam, working independently with global clients.

Experience

In-House

Acumen
Portfolio communications, investor relations, and PR for clean energy
JUST Capital
ESG ratings and research
Alliance for Financial Inclusion
Executive office, policy communications, and speaking

Agency Experience

The Bulleit Group
Thought leadership and executive communications for tech and VC clients
Handshake Strategies
C-suite sustainability positioning for global brands and financial institutions
17 Triggers
Human-centered design partnerships across Southeast Asia
Selected Clients
LinkedIn
Guggenheim
BMW
G Squared
MetLife Foundation
Gates Foundation

Education

Johns Hopkins University SAIS
MA, economics, emerging markets, and development finance
George Washington University
BA, international affairs & art history

Selected Work

AcumenKawiSafi

Hardest-to-Reach Fund launch

Led communications strategy for Acumen’s $250 million Hardest-to-Reach fund, a blended finance raise for clean energy across 17 under-electrified markets, backed by the Green Climate Fund. I also led communications for Acumen’s broader energy portfolio, including the launch of the $90 million KawiSafi Ventures’ Fund II, an Africa-focused climate-tech vehicle. The work spanned global communications, investor and LP relations, portfolio company engagement, and creative and editorial direction.

Ampersand, Humanising Energy
Ampersand · Humanising Energy (BBC StoryWorks)
Yellow, Humanising Energy
Yellow · Humanising Energy (BBC StoryWorks)

Media coverage: Forbes exclusive, Fast Company Most Innovative Companies (nonprofit), Semafor, African Business, ImpactAlpha, and the AFSIA Deal of the Year award.

Report: Energy for Livelihoods, a flagship Acumen report on productive use of energy.

Speaking & events: Acumen Energy Summit and NYC Climate Week programming, executive op-eds, white papers, newsletters, and LinkedIn campaigns.

The Bulleit Group

PR & Media Advisory for Deep Tech

Led content, editorial strategy, and social for leading-edge and deep tech startups, venture funds, and technology companies, across thought leadership and opinion, copywriting and website positioning, market strategy, and media announcements.

Client roster includes: Zoox, bp pulse, Vectara, Plug Power, Scoutbee, and Flexport.

Coverage & Placements

Featured In

Selected Stories

Forbes coverage Jacqueline Novogratz and Acumen Raise $250 Million for Off-Grid Solar in AfricaForbes · Editors’ Pick Reuters / Ethical Corporation Trump-Sized Shadow Looms Over Climate Week NYCReuters · Climate Week analysis Fast Company placement How to Be an Anti-Fragile UnicornFast Company · Authored placement

Thought Leadership & Writing

The Remit — my newsletter

Notes on narrative, influence, and markets — where I write under my own name about how stories move capital, brands, and public figures.

Recent: Climate action: priced to sell?  ·  Is this Madonna’s greatest act yet?  ·  Subscribe

Op-ed
Harnessing Renewable Energy for Resilient Food Systems
Economist Impact · for Jacqueline Novogratz
Research report
Energy for Livelihoods: The Market for Agricultural Energy Access
Acumen · flagship report
Opinion
How AI Is Paving the Way for More Sustainable Supply Chains
Forbes Technology Council
Thought leadership
Neural Search and the Future of Customer Experience
Vectara

More across autonomous technology, AI, climate, and global development in my résumé and writing portfolio, or on request.

Services

I work as a fractional communications lead and advisor to corporates, investors, funds, and technology companies, built around the executives and moments that decide how an organization is understood and backed. The aim is durable, owned credibility rather than one-off coverage, delivered by a lean practice that runs AI as an operating layer without losing judgment or voice.

Brand & Narrative

Positioning, messaging architecture, and the fundraising and launch narratives that set the terms before anyone else does.

Executive Communications

Leaders as spokespeople and thinkers: speeches, op-eds, board-ready messaging, and presence at the moments that matter.

Investor & Fund Communications

LP and investor relations, fund launches, and the communications layer around capital, from first close to flagship report.

Social & LinkedIn

Brand and executive presence on LinkedIn: voice, content systems, and programs that compound into an owned audience.

Media, Speaking & Events

Earned media, announcements, and awards, plus speaking and convening strategy, from Davos and Climate Week to policy forums.

AI-Enabled Workflows

AI as an operating layer across research, monitoring, and production, commanding the tools without outsourcing the thinking.

How we work

Fractional communications lead

Ongoing and senior, without the full-time hire. I run the function: strategy, editorial, media, and the calendar around your capital moments.

Executive voice retainer

A monthly cadence of posts and longform under your name, built from interviews with you. Strategy included. Your voice, sharpened, not replaced.

Project sprints

A launch, a speech, a flagship report, an op-ed placement. Fixed scope, fixed fee, senior attention from start to finish.

Areas of depth Finance & capital markets Development, philanthropy & impact investing Clean energy & climate Sustainability B2B SaaS AI & deep tech Leadership & internal comms

Contact

If you’re working at the intersection of capital, impact, and storytelling, I’d like to hear about it.

alex@alexedavis.net  ·  LinkedIn