Lord Malloch-Brown is the president of the Open Society Foundations and has advanced sustainable development, human rights, and justice for more than four decades. He began his career as a journalist at the Economist and as an international refugee worker. This was followed by a distinguished career in international affairs that includes serving as UN deputy secretary‐general and chief of staff under Kofi Annan and as administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where he led the creation of the Millennium Development Goals. Malloch-Brown was knighted for his contribution to international affairs and is currently on leave from the British House of Lords.

Lord Mark Malloch-Brown will give the 3rd Villars Institute Distinguished Lecture and explore the geopolitical and multilateral pathways to accelerate the transition to a Net Zero and Nature Positive economy.