Today we mark the first Anniversary of the sad passing of GLF’s Founding Father, former President and Nobel Laureate FW de Klerk.  He dedicated his life to making a difference, not only in his own Country, for which he is justly recognised as a figure of historic...

GLF Member Thomas Pickering has been awarded the The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy. The annual award in given by the American Academy of Diplomacy in recognition of an individual or group who has made exemplary contributions to the...

18 GLF Members signed the recent Gordon Brown op-ed article entitled 'Transforming Education'. The letter calls for the doubling of education budgets in low and middle income countries as well as the modernisation of the education system.

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.