Alexander Borg is trained in geography at degree level and in sustainable environmental resources management at Masters level from the University of Malta. After his Masters, he worked as a project coordinator at the University of Malta and a junior consultant with a Maltese environmental consultancy firm. Since 2013, he is employed as a Scientific Officer with the Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure and is responsible in developing and implementing projects to maintain, conserve and ameliorate valley systems in Malta. Currently he is undertaking a PhD, part-time and through distance learning at the University of Birmingham in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.