New President for IDRC Leading Canadian Diplomat Joins the Centre
News 14 of 30
Ottawa, Canada, February 22, 2007 – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) welcomes the appointment of David M. Malone as its next President, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Malone is currently Canadian High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to Nepal and Bhutan.
“I am proud to welcome Mr. Malone, who brings a wealth of diplomatic and scholarly experience to IDRC. He will build on the outstanding legacy of Maureen O’Neill, who has provided excellent leadership to the Centre for 10 years,” said Barbara McDougall, Chair of IDRC’s Board of Governors. “I had the pleasure of working with David during my tenure as Secretary of State for External Affairs in the early 1990s, and know him to be a brilliant thinker and practitioner, as well as a long-time friend of IDRC.”
David Malone joined the Department of External Affairs in 1975 and served in increasingly senior positions in Ottawa, Cairo, Amman, and New York. He is currently Canada’s High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan and Nepal, managing Canada’s largest diplomatic mission abroad. From 1998 to 2004, he was President of the International Peace Academy in New York, an independent non-profit research organization. He has taught at a number of universities in Canada, France, and the United States and has published numerous books and articles on international relations.
“IDRC has always been for me the model of an ambitious and innovative organization that has increased steadily in stature and accomplishment as it matured,” said Mr. Malone. “I look forward to working with IDRC staff, who are renowned for their professionalism, creativity, and commitment to improving the lives of people in the developing world.”
“It has been a great privilege to lead IDRC and to be part of Canada’s foreign policy community over the last decade” said outgoing President Maureen O’Neil. “I know that Mr. Malone will be a tremendous asset to the Centre as it strives to improve people’s lives in the developing world through research.” Ms. O’Neil, who has served as IDRC’s President since 1997, will stay on until Mr. Malone joins IDRC in July.
About IDRC Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is one of the world’s leading institutions in the generation and application of new knowledge to meet the challenges of international development. For more than 37 years, IDRC has worked in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.
News 14 of 30
