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Born in [[Marylebone]], Malloch Brown studied at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] and the [[University of Michigan]]. He was political correspondent for ''[[The Economist]]'' between 1977 and 1979 and then worked for the office of the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] from 1979 to 1983. After acting as lead international partner at American public relations firm [[Weber Shandwick|Sawyer-Miller]], he was development specialist at the [[World Bank]] from 1994 to 1999, administrator of the [[United Nations Development Programme]] from 1999 to 2005 and [[United Nations Deputy Secretary-General]] from April to December 2006.
Malloch Brown joined the government of [[Gordon Brown]] in 2007 at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] and was elevated to the [[House of Lords]] as a [[life peer]]. After stepping down from the government in 2009 due to family and personal reasons, he was appointed chairman of global affairs for [[FTI Consulting]] a year later. In 2014, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of election technology manufacturer [[Smartmatic]]'s holding company.
==Early life and career==
Malloch Brown was born in
Malloch Brown was the political correspondent at ''[[The Economist]]'' between 1977 and 1979.<ref name=UNbio/> Following this he worked for the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] from 1979 to 1983, where he worked for [[Kofi Annan]], and was stationed in [[Thailand]] (1979 to 1981)<ref name=UNbio/> where he was in charge of field operations for Cambodian [[refugees]] and supervised the construction of camps at [[Sa Kaeo Refugee Camp|Sa Kaeo]] and [[Khao-I-Dang]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0786445297 Thompson, Larry Clinton. ''Refugee Workers in the Indochina Exodus, 1975-1982.'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010.]</ref> In this period the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] was awarded the 1981 [[Nobel Peace Prize]], the second time it had been awarded the prize.<ref name=Yalebio/> In 1983, he returned to ''[[The Economist]]'' as the founding editor of the ''Economist Development Report'', a position he retained until 1986.<ref name="UNbio" /><ref name="Yalebio" />
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Malloch Brown was the lead international partner at the US-based [[Sawyer-Miller Group]] communications consultancy from 1986 to 1994;<ref name=UNbio/> he ultimately co-owned the Group with three other partners.<ref name=Yalebio/> The Group was among the first communication consultants to use US-style election campaign methods for foreign governments, companies, and public policy debates.<ref name=GuardianRamesh/> Malloch Brown "worked extensively on privatisation and other economic reform issues with leaders in Eastern Europe and Russia".<ref name=Yalebio/>
Malloch Brown focused much of his public relations energies on advising politicians in Latin America.<ref name=Yalebio/> He advised [[Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada]]'s [[1989 Bolivian presidential election|1989 presidential campaign]] in Bolivia.<ref name="Barker">Michael Barker, zmag.org, 26 November 2007, {{cite web|url=http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17277 |title=The United Nations and Polyarchy |access-date=2013-05-24 |url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828083449/http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/17277 |archive-date=28 August 2008 }}</ref> In [[Peru]], he assisted [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] with his [[1990 Peruvian general election|1990 presidential campaign]], though Vargas Llosa did not heed his advice and lost to [[Alberto Fujimori]] despite having an initial lead in polls.<ref>{{cite news |last=Preston |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Preston |date=9 August 2008 |title=Masters of worldwide spin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/aug/10/politicalbooks |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> In [[Chile]], Malloch Brown advised the opposition in its successful challenge to former dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="UNbio">United Nations, {{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/dsgbio.asp |title=Mark Malloch Brown |access-date=2013-05-24 |url-status = bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426123127/http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/dsgbio.asp |archive-date=26 April 2007 }}</ref><ref name="GuardianTran">{{cite news |last=Tran |first=Mark |date=28 June 2007 |title=Profile: Lord Malloch Brown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/28/politics.labour1 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Siegel |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Siegel |date=24 November 1991 |title=Spin Doctors To The World : The Sawyer Miller Group Uses The Tricks Of Political Campaigns To Change The Way You Think About Foreign Governments, Big Business And Any Client In Need Of An Image Lift |url=https://
In the [[Philippines]], Malloch Brown worked with [[Corazon Aquino]] in the campaign against [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. Malloch Brown wrote Aquino's victory speech which she recited days before voting results were to be released since her campaign assumed that Marcos claim victory as well.<ref name="MANILA2015">{{cite news|title=Smartmatic chairman: Cory's close-in media adviser|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/smartmatic-chairman-corys-close-in-media-adviser/231878/|access-date=9 March 2017|work=[[The Manila Times]]|date=29 November 2015}}</ref> He stated that an "outstanding accomplishment during the Cory campaign was to produce an exit poll that indicated that she had won".<ref name="IBONsmart">{{cite web|title=Automated Polls: Privatized elections, foreign-controlled democracy (Part 2)|url=http://ibon.org/2016/05/automated-polls-privatized-elections-foreign-controlled-democracy/|website=[[IBON Foundation]]|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref>
==World Bank (1994–1999)==
In 1994, Malloch Brown joined the [[World Bank]] as Vice-President for External Affairs, which included responsibility for relations with the United Nations. He used his experience to good effect at the bank, helping to transform its reputation: "under his guidance, the bank blitzed opinion-makers with full-page newspaper advertisements and a television campaign to change perceptions of it as an arrogant institution unwilling to heed outsiders. To his credit, the institution gradually gained a reputation as a 'listening bank', unlike its more aloof sister institution, the [[International Monetary Fund]]."<ref name=GuardianTran/>
==United Nations (1999–2006)==
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Among his non-governmental and private sector roles, Malloch Brown became chairman of the board of directors of SGO Corporation Limited, a [[holding company]] whose primary asset is the election technology and [[voting machine]] manufacturer [[Smartmatic]], in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Murad|date=24 November 2014|title=Lord Mark Malloch-Brown to chair election technology group SGO|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/ddf42272-7308-11e4-907b-00144feabdc0|access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.sgo.com/about/|website=SGO|access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref> He has also served as chair of the [[Royal African Society]]<ref>[[Royal African Society]], [http://www.royalafricansociety.org/council Council]</ref> and as a member of the Executive Committee of the [[International Crisis Group]].<ref>ICG, [http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board.aspx Crisis Group's Board of Trustees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203082846/http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/about/board.aspx|date=3 February 2011}}</ref> In July 2014, he became co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the latter organisation.<ref name="bl-cv-2017">{{cite web|title=Executive Profile - George Mark Malloch-Brown BA (Hons) History, MA (Political Science), KCMG|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=34164870&privcapId=139205423|access-date=14 August 2017|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>
In December 2020, Malloch Brown was announced as succeeding [[Patrick Gaspard]] as president of Open Society Foundations on 1 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patrick Gaspard to Step Down as Head of Open Society Foundations|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/patrick-gaspard-to-step-down-as-head-of-open-society-foundations|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Open Society Foundations|language=en}}</ref> In March 2024, Malloch Brown announced he was stepping down as president.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Binaifer Nowrojee Appointed New President of Open Society Foundations; Mark Malloch-Brown to Step Down |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/binaifer-nowrojee-appointed-new-president-of-open-society-foundations-mark-malloch-brown-to-step-down |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
In 1989 Malloch Brown
==Honours==
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