Alfred joined the World Bank Group in 1992. He was part of the internal Bank team that coordinated development and Board approval of the 1994 Water Resources Management Policy that guides the Bank’s work in the field of water resources; he also worked in support of field operations in the early 1990s. For the last thirteen years, Al has been posted at the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Secretariat in a number of management positions and currently serves as Senior Advisor for International Waters, responsible for GEF International Waters Focal Area globally, as well as Regional Manager, Natural Resources, responsible in the Natural Resources Team for Biodiversity, Land Degradation, and International Waters projects for the Indo-Malay-Pacific Region.

Following completion of his doctoral work at Duke University in hydrology, Al worked in a supervisory capacity at a water quality regulatory agency in the United States and then at the corporate environment staff of the Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1987, he was named by the U. S. Department of State as Director and Chief of Diplomatic Mission of the Great Lakes Office of the International Joint Commission (Canada and U.S.). Housed within the U.S. Department of State and located in Canada, the bi-national office supports US and Canadian operations under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 with responsibilities to resolve current and avoid future water disputes along the border. Al’s work has appeared in some 7 dozen papers in technical journals and other publications.