Alastair designs and leads adult learning and provides coaching and consultancy services for church leaders. He founded and leads the charity Reconciliation Initiatives (launched 2019) which delivers learning and development programmes for clergy and lay leaders. He is the author of Bridgebuilding (Canterbury Press, 2019) and co-author of Reconciling Mission (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Alastair is a priest in the Church of England. He served a curacy at St Martin-in-the-Fields, following ordination in 2015, and is licensed as the associate priest at Malvern Link with Cowleigh parish. Previously he spent 20 years developing and leading Bridge Builders, until ordination. He has worked as a civil servant and a secondary school teacher.
Alastair has a Doctor of Ministry degree from the University of Wales, an MA in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University and a BA in English & Related Literature from the University of York. He is married to Sue, and they have two adult children. Alastair enjoys playing tennis, skiing, following football, walking, reading, and travelling with Sue. He is also an amateur potter (@whollypottery).
