Alexander Moinet Poots (Edimburgo, 1967) es el director ejecutivo-CEO y fundador de The Shed en la ciudad de Nueva York. Anteriormente, fue el director ejecutivo fundador y director artístico del Festival Internacional de Manchester y el director artístico de Park Avenue Armory. Alexander Moinet Poots CBE (born in Edinburgh in 1967), is the founding chief executive and artistic director of The Shed (Hudson Yards) in New York City. He was formerly the founding chief executive and artistic director of the Manchester International Festival (2005-2015) and the artistic director of Park Avenue Armory (2012-2015). Poots studied for a BSc in music at City University London. Awards 2012 Diaghilev Award for The Life and Death of Marina Abramović 2015 CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2015 for services to the arts