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Robert Gordon Greenhill, (born 1962) is a Canadian businessman, civil servant and expert on international development.

Career

In May 2005 Greenhill was appointed president of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and Deputy Minister for International Cooperation during the 27th Canadian Ministry. Greenhill oversaw changes to CIDA's programming.[1] Food aid was 100% untied by April 2008.[2] Greenhill was also engaged in Haiti, unveiling a 5-year $520 million commitment in 2006.[3]

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Greenhill to the High-level Panel on United Nations Systemwide Coherence.[4] The panel's final report Delivering as One outlined strategies for greater management coherence and effectiveness in UN efforts in the areas of the environment, development and humanitarian assistance. Greenhill also helped draft recommendations that led to the creation of UN Women.[5] His contribution was "commended" by Canadian women's groups.[6]

Greenhill began his career at McKinsey & Company before joining Bombardier Inc. in 1995. In 2001, he became president of Bombardier's International Group.[7] In 2004, Greenhill joined the International Development Research Centre as Senior Visiting Executive, producing a critical account of Canada's global engagement "Making A Difference?".[8] Greenhill's study was seen as evidence that Canada was playing only "a marginal role in international affairs."[9]

In 2008, Greenhill joined the Geneva-based World Economic Forum as managing director.[10][11] Greenhill engaged with key global business leaders on how to improve the role of business in society.[12]

In 2014, Greenhill returned to Montreal to found Global Canada, a multistakeholder initiative committed to improving Canada's global impact.[13] In September 2015 Greenhill co-authored "Assessing Canada's Global Engagement Gap".[14] The report focused attention on Canada's international role during the 2015 Federal election, pointing out that in "defence and development spending, Canada has done poorly compared with its G7 partners".[15][16][17][18]

Education

Greenhill has a BA in political science from the University of Alberta (1984), where he was twice Student Union president.[19] He has an MA in international history from the London School of Economics (1986), and an MBA from INSEAD (1987).[20]

References

  1. ^ Gloria Galloway. "CIDA more focused, outgoing chief says". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Canada Boosts Aid in Response to the U.N. World Food Programme's Global Appeal – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD)". Acdi-cida.gc.ca. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Canadian International Development Agency : Departmental Performance Report" (PDF). Tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ "United Nations Secretariat to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence". United Nations. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  5. ^ "U.N. Women Primed for Stronger, Central Agency | Women's eNews". Womensenews.org. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's Groups Applaud Call for New United Nations Agency on Women" (DOC). Twca.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. ^ "United Nations Secretariat to the High Level Panel on System-wide Coherence". United Nations. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  8. ^ Robert Greenhill. "Making a Difference? : External Views on Canada's international Impact" (PDF). Idl-bnc.idrc.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  9. ^ Derek Fraser. "International Insights : Just How Effective is Canada's Foreign Policy?" (PDF). Uvic.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Archived – Prime Minister Announces Changes in the Senior Ranks of the Public Service – Canada News Centre". News.gc.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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  12. ^ "How can we build a moral economy? | World Economic Forum". Weforum.org. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  13. ^ Canada Global. "About". Global Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Assessing Canada's Global Engagement Gap". Opencanada.org. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Canada's new team for global affairs | Brookings Institution". Brookings.edu. 12 November 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  16. ^ Campbell Clark. "Canada's shrinking development spending crosses party lines". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Reverse Canada's slide in defence, aid spending: Editorial | Toronto Star". Toronto Star. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Strong, proud and free-riding". The Economist. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  19. ^ "University of Alberta: Students' Union". Ualbertacentennial.ca. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Does Aid Work, Can it Work Better? Crucial questions on the road to Accra and Doha" (PDF). Nsi-ins.ca. Retrieved 1 March 2016.


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