The Global Leadership Foundation records, with deepest regret, the death on 31 July 2022 of Fidel Valdez Ramos, President of The Philippines 1992 – 1998, and GLF Member since 2004. As Chair of the GLF, Helen Clark has extended the deepest condolences of the Foundation...

Earlier this year, Sir David Davies informed the Chair of GLF that he wished to stand down from the chairmanship of GLF (UK). In accepting this request, Helen Clark has noted the long and loyal service of Sir David to the Foundation’s cause and has thanked him most...

GLF Members Carl Bildt and Kevin Rudd have been invited to join the Group on International Security Guarantees for Ukraine. The working group will be co-chaired by Head of the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak, and former Danish Prime Minister and NATO Secretary...

GLF is delighted that Barbara Barrett has accepted the invitation from the Chair to join the Board. Barbara joined GLF as a Member in 2021 but was previously part of the Strategy and Development Committee before serving as US Secretary of the Air Force 2019-2021.

Helen Clark has been appointed a co-chair of the Chatham House Commission on Universal Health. She will be co-chairing the commission with Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania 2005-2015. For more information about the work of the commission, click here.

GLF is delighted that Stuart Brooks has joined the Strategy and Development Committee as well as the board of GLF (UK). He worked at Chevron for 20 years and served on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Board during that period.

GLF is delighted that Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Prime Minister of Denmark, has accepted an invitation to join the Foundation as a Member. Ms Thorning Schmidt, also served as the CEO of Save the Children.

GLF is delighted to announce that Roelf Meyer has accepted an invitation from the Chair, Helen Clark, to join GLF as a Member. Meyer served as Minister of Defence, Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Communication and Minister of Constitutional Development and...

GLF is delighted that Benjamin Curley has accepted an invite to join the Strategy and Development Committee. He is currently pursuing an MBA at Columbia Business School in New York and was previously Vice President in credit trading at Barclay’s Investment Bank....

GLF sends its warm congratulations to Juan Gabriel Valdes who has been appointed Chile's Ambassador to the United States. Juan Gabriel previously served in the same post from 2014-2018. We wish him well in his return to office.