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Sir Mark Malloch Brown is a former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prior to serving as Deputy, he had served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary General and, from 1999 to 2005, as Administrator of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This has given him an unusual range of experience at the top of the UN, covering development, political, and security matters as well as management. Among other activities, he was deeply involved in framing and championing the Millennium Development Goals. UNDP’s resources doubled to more than $4 billion a year during his tenure. He led recent UN management reform efforts for the Secretary-General and was heavily involved in issues such as Iraq and the Middle East.
He is vice-chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Institute. Currently he is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and is writing a book on global issues. He served as a Vice-President of the World Bank for five years, and before that led the international work in a consulting firm that advised political candidates, governments, and corporations. He began his career in journalism, writing for The Economist and working for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
He holds a number of honorary degrees and prizes, including appearing on the Time Magazine 2005 list of the world’s 100 most influential people. He was knighted in 2007 and now serves on a number of nonprofit boards. | 