Marcus Wilson Email & Phone Number

Designing, managing, and executing all commercial aspects of CAR’s strategy and operations.

London, United Kingdom

One of four Directors, keeping the machine humming.

London, United Kingdom

Building a team to deliver AmTag™ ammunition tracing technology to the world.

London, United Kingdom

• Working alongside Senior Researchers and thematic teams to research various small arm, gun violence, and armed violence reduction topics.• Authoring, and co-authoring, a range of reports, papers and policy briefs (listed below).• Conducting ongoing quantitative research into the patterns of global mass shootings.Key Achievements: co-authoring a briefing pack designed to give diplomats, new to disarmament issues, a digestible overview of the UN disarmament process; conducting the most comprehensive analysis of global mass shooting data to date, which will be used to inform policy makers and stakeholders of the trends and patterns of mass shootings.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for establishing and building the Centre into an active research and advocacy organisation.• Managed day-to-day operations, including overseeing the research team, recruitment, communications, fundraising, administration, relationship-building, and engaging with project partners and government officials.Key Achievement: represented the Centre in live media interviews with BBC Radio, Russia Today, and ITV, in response to the Sandy Hook mass shooting in December 2012.

London, United Kingdom

• Led key advocacy and campaign initiatives.• Formulated IANSA’s policy positions for UN small arms review conference.• Responsible for communication updates and media correspondence, including drafting press releases, presentations, and all external communications.• Worked in a small team to design training sessions for a National Workshop on Gun Violence Prevention held in Papua New Guinea.Key Achievement: equipped local NGO and Community Leaders in Papua New Guinea with knowledge of the international small arms process, national gun laws, armed violence prevention advocacy methods and social media.

Sydney, Australia

• Analysed firearm and trade legislation, public health statistics, crime data, and customs figures, to produce comprehensive country reports on global firearm policy.• Coordinated research projects to meet donor requirements and supervised the research team to fulfil those project briefs.• Attended international and regional meetings on the International Arms Trade at the UN and other forums throughout Europe and the Pacific.• Presented research projects and delivered NGO statements to audiences at the UN in New York, the Pacific Islands Forum, and various UN Missions.Key Achievements: co-founded the Pacific Small Arms Action Group (PSAAG), the only Pacific-based civil society network working with regional governments towards reducing armed violence in the region.

New York City, New York