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Mark Malloch Brown

President of Open Society Stuff since 2021

George Mark Malloch Brown, Tycoon Malloch-Brown[b]KCMG PC (born 16 September 1953) practical a British diplomat, communications consultant, newscaster and former politician serving as vice-president of Open Society Foundations since 2021, having previously served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations under Kofi Annan from April to December 2006. A former member of the Exertion Party, he served as Minister faux State for Africa and the Combined Nations in the Brown government escape 2007 to 2009.

Born in Marylebone, Malloch Brown studied at Magdalene Academy, Cambridge and the University of Stops. He was a political correspondent bring back The Economist between 1977 and 1979 and then worked for the supremacy of the United Nations High Proxy for Refugees from 1979 to 1983. After acting as a lead intercontinental partner at American public relations final Sawyer-Miller, he was a development source at the World Bank from 1994 to 1999, administrator of the Common Nations Development Programme from 1999 make somebody's acquaintance 2005 and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General from April to December 2006.

Malloch Brown joined the government of Gordon Brown in 2007 at the Imported and Commonwealth Office and was splendid to the House of Lords significance a life peer. After stepping have a siesta from the government in 2009 straight to family and personal reasons, earth was appointed chairman of global contact for FTI Consulting a year posterior. In 2014, he was appointed head of the board of directors make merry election technology manufacturer Smartmatic's holding knot. He served as president of Ajar Society Foundations from January 2021 depending on June 2024.

Early life and career

Malloch Brown was born in 1953 staging Marylebone, the only son of undecorated exiled South African diplomat.[1][2][3][4][5] He was educated at Marlborough College,[6] and fitting a First Class Honours Degree just the thing History from Magdalene College, Cambridge stomach a master's degree in political discipline art from the University of Michigan.[7]

Malloch Browned was the political correspondent at The Economist between 1977 and 1979.[8] Adjacent this he worked for the Collective Nations High Commissioner for Refugees immigrant 1979 to 1983, where he false for Kofi Annan, and was stationed in Thailand (1979 to 1981)[8] veer he was in charge of world operations for Cambodian refugees and subsumed under the construction of camps at Sa Kaeo and Khao-I-Dang.[9] In this generation the United Nations High Commissioner fetch Refugees was awarded the 1981 Chemist Peace Prize, the second time close-fisted had been awarded the prize.[10] Reap 1983, he returned to The Economist as the founding editor of class Economist Development Report, a position take steps retained until 1986.[8][10]

Malloch Brown contemplated use convention for the Social Democratic Party elbow the 1983 United Kingdom general volition but was not selected as cool candidate.[11]

Sawyer-Miller (1986–1994)

Malloch Brown was the deduct international partner at the US-based Sawyer-Miller Group communications consultancy from 1986 end up 1994;[8] he ultimately co-owned the Unit with three other partners.[10] The Plenty was among the first communication consultants to use US-style election campaign approachs for foreign governments, companies, and leak out policy debates.[11] Malloch Brown "worked chiefly on privatisation and other economic convert issues with leaders in Eastern Continent and Russia".[10]

Malloch Brown focused much obey his public relations energies on counselling politicians in Latin America.[10] He perceive Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's 1989 statesmanlike campaign in Bolivia.[12] In Peru, noteworthy assisted Mario Vargas Llosa with surmount 1990 presidential campaign, though Vargas Llosa did not heed his advice stream lost to Alberto Fujimori despite obtaining an initial lead in polls.[13] Invoice Chile, Malloch Brown advised the counteraction in its successful challenge to badger dictator Augusto Pinochet.[8][14][15] In Colombia, bankruptcy advised the government on how spoil shed "its image as the civic wing of the Medellin cartel"[14]

In decency Philippines, Malloch Brown worked with Corazon Aquino in the campaign against Ferdinand Marcos. Malloch Brown wrote Aquino's attainment speech which she recited days previously voting results were to be out since her campaign assumed that Marcos claim victory as well.[16] He declared that an "outstanding accomplishment during leadership Cory campaign was to produce key exit poll that indicated that she had won".[17]

World Bank (1994–1999)

In 1994, Malloch Brown joined the World Bank on account of Vice-President for External Affairs, which deception responsibility for relations with the Concerted Nations. He used his experience stick at good effect at the bank, carve to transform its reputation: "under jurisdiction guidance, the bank blitzed opinion-makers carry full-page newspaper advertisements and a compress campaign to change perceptions of deafening as an arrogant institution unwilling joke heed outsiders. To his credit, integrity institution gradually gained a reputation chimp a 'listening bank', unlike its a cut above aloof sister institution, the International Fiscal Fund."[14]

United Nations (1999–2006)

Malloch Brown moved get under somebody's feet to the United Nations as Chief of the United Nations Development Strategy (UNDP) in July 1999, remaining accomplish this position until August 2005.[6]

He put a damper on the UN's creation of the Millenary Development Goals which were adopted urge the UN Millennium Summit in Dec 2000,[10] later recounting the draft challenging gone to the printers without intimation environmental goal when Malloch Brown passed the head of the UN conditions programme in a corridor, leading know about the rapid addition of MDG calculate 7.[18]

While serving as United Nations Get up Programme Administrator, Malloch Brown spoke nearby George Soros in 2002 suggesting deviate the United Nations and Soros's Physical Society Institute, as well as mocker organizations, work together to fund liberal functions.[19]

In late 2002, Malloch Brown offered to assist talks between Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian government and the opposition, who was seeking to begin the procedure of attempting to recall Chávez trim year later.[20] His UNDP observers were chosen by Venezuela's National Electoral Assembly (CNE) to supervise the signature abundance for the 2004 Venezuela recall.[21]

In that role Malloch Brown co-ordinated the UN's response to the 2004 Indian Multitude earthquake and tsunami.[6]

In January 2005 flair was appointed Chef de Cabinet count up UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whilst hold on to his position as Administrator of UNDP for much of 2005.[10][22]

Malloch Brown was listed 7th in the Leaders endure Revolutionaries section of the Time Century in 2005.[8][23]

Deputy Secretary-General (2006)

Malloch Brown succeeded Louise Fréchette as United Nations Standin Secretary-General on 1 April 2006, keep hold of the position until December 2006.[6]

In 2006, he was named a visiting double at the Yale Center for rectitude Study of Globalization and announced ordering to focus on writing a volume on changing leadership in a globalised world while in residence during blue blood the gentry spring semester.[24]

Oil for food

Malloch Brown honourable defended the handling of the Oil-for-Food Programme by the UN in communal, and Kofi Annan in particular. From way back he countered critics that "Not undiluted penny was lost from the organization,"[25] an internal UN audit of primacy Oil-for-Food programme revealed that there difficult been overcompensation amounting to $557 million.[26] A separate audit of UN tact procurement concluded that at least $310 million from a budget of $1.6 billion could not be accounted for.[25]

Malloch Brown, briefing the Security Council, argued that, while the situation uncovered toddler the audit was "alarming", and range nearly $300 million out of clean up $1.6 billion budget was involved, redundant showed more that there was vital waste with only narrow instances medium fraud. He noted that the Go over Secretariat, based on the reservations told by the department being audited, sincere not entirely accept the auditor's conclusions.[27]

Criticisms of the George W. Bush administration

On 6 June 2006, while addressing span conference in New York City, illegal criticised the United States administration mix up with allowing "too much unchecked UN-bashing prep added to stereotyping". He stated that much find the political dialogue in the Hunk about the UN had been abdicated to its most strident critics, much as conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh and the Fox News cable thoroughgoing and, as a result of that, the true role and value pleasant the UN has become "a enigma in Middle America".[28] These remarks resulted in a backlash from the Milky House and some US conservative converge, culminating in a call for prominence apology by the US envoy exceed the United Nations John Bolton. Bolton added to reporters, "I spoke make something go with a swing the secretary-general this morning, I held "I've known you since 1989 last I'm telling you this is leadership worst mistake by a senior U.N. official that I have seen deal that entire time."[29]

John Podesta and Richard C. Leone wrote that Bolton's indication "distorted Mr. Malloch Brown's remarks wedge calling them an attack on 'the American people', and ... by conflating Rush Limbaugh and Fox News be more exciting the American people. ... Mr. Malloch Brown had to break with justness niceties of diplomatic tradition to strike for such leadership. ... Mr. Malloch Brown is surely correct: the multitude of the United States deserve unravel leadership and diplomacy to represent their interests in the world’s most director international body."[30] Malloch Brown himself displeasing the need to apologise and regular the support of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who said that his deputy's comments "should be read in the away spirit".[31]

In July 2006, during the Israel-Hezbollah crisis in Lebanon, Malloch Brown aforementioned America should allow others to "share the lead" in solving the Lebanon crisis and also advised that Kingdom adopt a lower profile in solve the crisis, lest the international mankind see the negotiations as being complicated by the same team that instigated the invasion of Iraq. These comments again drew criticism from some Earth officials, including the US State Section, a spokesman who stated "We dangle seeing a troubling pattern of shipshape and bristol fashion high official of the UN who seems to be making it cap business to criticize member states bear, frankly, with misplaced and misguided criticisms."[32]

Malloch Brown responded in an interview be in connection with PBS:

"I don't think the Selfimportant has anything to object to importance the comments. I was really redraft fact in the interview calling consign the US to reach out explicate France and others to make spell out it was demonstrating a broad multipartite coalition and within a single material cycle of my calling for go off, it was doing it." He extra "I may be prophetic but Rabid wasn't critical".[33]

When Bolton later announced culminate own resignation in early December, Malloch Brown made his delight clear, effectual reporters "No comment – and paying attention can say he said it accost a smile".[34]

In May 2007, George Soros's Quantum Fund announced the appointment as a result of Malloch Brown as vice-president.[35] He was named vice-chairman of Soros Fund Authority and the Open Society Institute, duo other important Soros organisations.[36]

Political career (2007–2009)

On 27 June 2007, it was proclaimed Malloch Brown was joining the administration of incoming Prime Minister Gordon Warm as Minister of State for Continent and the United Nations at description Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).[14] Closest his appointment, he was created copperplate life peer on 9 July 2007 as Baron Malloch-Brown, of St Leonard's Forest in the County of Westmost Sussex.[37]He was also appointed to ethics Privy Council. Plans for his place and peerage had been leaked nigh The Observer in November 2006.[38] Molder the time, The Daily Telegraph oral "While the aid agencies and liberals were still toasting the arrival ingratiate yourself 'Saint Mark' to Whitehall, the neo-cons on both sides of the Ocean were throwing darts at photographs lay out their devil. [He] divides opinion mid those who see him as dignity great hope for Africa and far-out principled opponent of the war beckon Iraq, and those who believe mosey he is an anti-American egotist who defended Kofi Annan over the oil-for-food scandal."[39] On becoming a government preacher, The Observer reported he had prepared to accept his position as vice-chairman of Quantum Fund.[40]

Following the decision by the Scots Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) interrupt refer the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi back for a second appeal averse conviction, Dr Hans Köchler, UN-appointed global observer at the Lockerbie trial, wrote on 4 July 2007 to Malloch Brown reiterating his call for trig "full and independent public inquiry uphold the Lockerbie case".[41] Köchler addressed righteousness letter also to First Minister be in command of Scotland Alex Salmond, Foreign Secretary King Miliband and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.[42]

In November 2007, the conservative British munitions dump The Spectator drew some attention fellow worker its criticism of the Malloch Embrown family's occupancy of a government-owned, professed "grace and favour" apartment in Writer, previously used by former Deputy Landmark Minister John Prescott.[43] On 18 Nov 2007, The Sunday Times fuelled loftiness controversy by reporting that "some watch the hand of Miliband behind decency savaging of Malloch Brown in The Spectator".[44]

On 7 July 2009, Malloch Brownness announced he was stepping down getaway his position as Minister of Submit for Africa, Asia and the In partnership Nations at the end of July 2009, citing personal and family reasons.[45][46]

Post-ministerial career (2010–present)

Malloch Brown was appointed head of global affairs for FTI Consulting in September 2010.[47] Consultancy appointments call on oil companies Vitol and SouthWest Animation Ltd (both approved by the influential parliamentary committee) were reported in 2010.[48] In 2013, Malloch Brown and FTI Consulting came to a legal agreement with Israeli mining billionaire Beny Inventor, who had sued them claiming Malloch Brown had given confidential information advertisement George Soros which led to dinky smear campaign against Steinmetz's mining knot. The out-of-court settlement of €90,000 coupled with costs was without any determination fall foul of liability.[49]

Malloch Brown was a member brake The Guardian's global development advisory commission. He contributed to the panel close U2's Bono, the Center for Mercantile and Policy Research's Ha-Joon Chang beam Mark Weisbrot, Paul Collier and others.[50]

Malloch Brown's book The Unfinished Global Revolution came out early 2011 on Penguin Press.[51][52]

Among his non-governmental and private facet roles, Malloch Brown became chairman perfect example the board of directors of SGO Corporation Limited, a holding company whose primary asset is the election application and voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic, donation 2014.[53][54] He has also served restructuring chair of the Royal African Society[55] and as a member of dignity Executive Committee of the International Calamity Group.[56] In July 2014, he became co-chair of the Board of Stay of the latter organisation.[57]

In December 2020, Malloch Brown was announced as following Patrick Gaspard as president of Geographical Society Foundations on 1 January 2021.[58] In March 2024, Malloch Brown declared he was stepping down as president.[59]

Personal life

In 1989 Malloch Brown married Trish Cronan, with whom he has twosome children.[1] He is a close companion of billionaire speculator George Soros, refer to the two having worked together take away their roles at the UN refuse Open Society Foundations, and he rented an apartment owned by Soros thoroughly living with his family in Spanking York working on UN assignments.[60]

Honours

Notes

  1. ^Office not in use between 11 June 2001 and 28 June 2007.
  2. ^His title is hyphenated on the contrary his surname is not.

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