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The Global Leadership Foundation exists to make available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today’s national leaders.

It does so through its network of Members – former Presidents, Prime Ministers, senior government ministers and other distinguished leaders – drawn together by a desire to give something back to the world.

Working in small teams, in their personal capacity, Members offer private and confidential advice to Heads of Government.

GLF is a not-for-profit foundation, registered in Switzerland and is independent of any government or corporate interest.

Carl Bildt appointed WHO Special Envoy for the ACT-Accelerator

GLF Member Carl Bildt has been recently appointed Special Envoy of the World Health Organisation for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator). He will help to lead the mobilisation of support and resources for the ACT-Accelerator as well as support...

GLF Members Sign Letter to Waive Intellectual Property Rules

Six GLF Members signed a letter to President Biden to waive intellectual property rules during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable a greater global roll out of vaccines. The letter has been coordinated by The People's Vaccine Alliance

GLF Letter to UN Secretary General on Myanmar

On 29th March 2021, GLF Chairman FW de Klerk wrote to UN Secretary General António Guterres concerning the situation in Myanmar. The letter urges the Secretary General to use Article 99 to call for an immediate formal meeting of the Security Council, as well as to...

R9B join GLF International Council

GLF Members sign letter to UN Secretary General

GLF Members, in coordination with the World Refugee & Migration Council, have signed a letter to the UN Secretary General on the situation in Ethiopia. The letter requests for an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council be convened to consider the...

GLF Members join Barrett, The Honors College

GLF Members Jose Ramos Horta and PJ Patterson both recently delivered Keynote addresses to students as part of Barrett, The Honors College’s Distinguished Global Leaders Series. In previous years, GLF Members have spent several weeks at the College, however due to the...

BBC’s Giles Edwards publishes ‘The Ex Men’ book

GLF is pleased to share the recently published book, 'The Ex Men: How Our Former Presidents and Prime Ministers Are Still Changing the World' by BBC documentary producer, Giles Edwards. The book examines the many ways in which former Presidents and Prime Ministers...

GLF welcomes Guy Spier to the International Council

Helen Clark appointed Chair of Global Commission on Drug Policy

Vice Chair Helen Clark was recently appointed Chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an organisation which aims to better drug policy around the world. She succeeds former Swiss Confederation President, Ruth Dreifuss. To find out more about the organisation,...

GLF Members sign Letter on Education Emergency

Twenty five GLF Members and three GLF Patrons signed Gordon Brown's latest Letter to the International Community on the current education emergency facing billions of young people around the world. The letter asks all Governments pledge to protect front line spending...