Dan Thomas Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

I lead communications and strategic events for UN Global Compact, where the private sector joins forces with the United Nations member states to drive sustainable business and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

New York, New York, US

Interim assignment leading advocacy and communications for UNICEF's global campaign for refugee and migrant children - Children Uprooted

New York, NY, US

Team leader on communication, partnerships and external relations for the 70th and 71st Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly. Spokesperson for both Presidents.Working with governments, private sector, civil society on global issues including sustainable development and climate change, peace and security, health and human rights. Frequent.

New York, NY, US

• Head of Communications, Partnerships and Global Mobilization for UN Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team.
• Worked with Governments, civil society organisations and private sector corporations to inspire a global mobilization in support of a new climate agreement in Paris at COP21.
• Led communication strategy for UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on 23 September 2014 resulting in 34,000 media stories and 127 million Twitter users reached with #Climate2014, a social media exposure of nearly 3.
• Encouraged civil society organisations including Avaaz and 350.org to organise largest climate march in history with 400,000 in New York including UN Secretary-General. There were more than 2,600 other Climate.
• Organised Secretary-General’s Climate Summit opening press conference with Presidents of France and Peru, Chair of African Union, the Mayor of Rio and CEOs from Cargill and Statoil.
• Engaged with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to sign up actor as UN Messenger of Peace for climate change. His speech was viewed 1.4 million times on YouTube, double previous UN record.

Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, CH

Team leader, chief spokesperson and results-driven content producer in strategic public-private partnership founded by UNICEF, WHO, World Bank and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.As Acting Director of Communications, I motivated and led team of 12 communication professionals through an 11-month transition in 2013 resulting in increased brand recognition.

New York, New York, US

Team leader at UNICEF’s New York HQ pioneering new era of online multimedia communications and digital content gathering.Created new system of digital video story gathering and online distribution to 37 UNICEF national committees and broadcasters worldwide.Conceived and set up UNIFEED, a shared global video distribution platform on APTN for all UN agencies.

London, GB

Producer on BBC’s flagship Six O’Clock News programme. Wrote headlines and produced news packages and live outside broadcasts for daily news show.One of the first BBC journalists to single-handedly film segments for broadcast using a small digital video camera, changing the way newsgathering was conducted at BBC.

Toronto, ON, CA

Reporter and Producer, London (1994-1998)Worked in busy newsroom and on Reuters Reports, a 30-minute weekly current affairs TV programme on Sky News and other broadcast channels. Covered world events including war in former Yugoslavia and 1997 Hong Kong Handover (on secondment to ITN's Mark Austin).Temporary assignment (four months) to Nairobi as Executive.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Art/Art Studies, General

B.Sc (Econ), Political Studies

A Levels, English, French, Politics & Economics