The IDB is the source of multilateral development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides financing, technical advice, and policy support for sustainable growth, the reduction of poverty and climate change. 🌐 Support the 2024 engagement program for the IDB Executive Vice President, including G20 Brasil, APEC Peru, and Bio COP16 Colombia.🌐 Coordinate and optimize event and stakeholder planning, programs, and policy analysis, including with other multilateral institutions, industry groups, businesses, and governments across the Americas.

Chartered by Congress, the Wilson Center provides nonpartisan counsel and insights on global affairs to policymakers through deep research, impartial analysis, and independent scholarship.🌎 Two-year appointment as a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. I cover infrastructure, sustainable development and the international economy. More on my work at this link, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/rory-linehan

Toraza Zenith Inc. is a global firm offering P3 (PPP) and infrastructure development training for individuals, governments, international organizations and businesses. 📈 As a member of Toraza's advisory board, I support the CEO by providing guidance on market trends, analysis and insights for business development.

The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) was created by the Group of Twenty (G20) to advance its infrastructure agenda. As the G20's dedicated infrastructure entity, the GI Hub collaborates with the public and private sectors to produce data, insights, knowledge tools, and programs that enable global infrastructure goals for people, nature and the planet🏗️ I led a globally dispersed team of four all-stars to break down silos, engage and partner with the world's major infrastructure stakeholders with a focus on the private sector. 🏗️ Together, we built the GI Hub's Private Sector Advisory Council from the ground up, comprising of Heads of Infrastructure (or equivalent) from the world's major infrastructure investors and solutions providers. Council members represent US$15 trillion in assets under management and are active across all G20 countries. It is an important vehicle to enable private sector input into the G20's infrastructure agenda. 🏗️ We strengthened and expanded partnerships across key G20 finance and infrastructure ministries, securing key endorsements from the White House, the Canadian Deputy Prime Minister's Office, the Australian Treasurer, the Brazilian Government and more. We negotiated and secured new funding for the GI Hub, including a GI Hub first, an infrastructure partnership with the US Government in support of the Quad and Blue Pacific Initiatives🏗️ We built new partnerships with the world's major infrastructure investors to mobilize private capital at scale, including Bloomberg, Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, BlackRock and Brookfield.🏗️ Served as a GI Hub advisor to the Glasgow Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), Sustainable Markets Initiative and Summit for a Paris New Global Financing Pact

With approximately $15 billion in annual revenue and a talent force of approximately 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services, including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.🌐 Supporting our rockstar sales and operations teams, I led the strategy and execution for government affairs, international relations, and strategic engagement in Asia-Pacific: the company’s fastest-growing region with 7,500+ staff, $2B+ revenue and over 11 countries. 🌐 Represented the company in engagements with ministers throughout the Asia-Pacific and their embassy officials in Washington DC, with United States federal government agencies that include the State Department, Department of Commerce, USTDA, and USAID and business groups including the US Chamber of Commerce and Business Council for International Understanding🌐 Working with the NZ Government and National Center for APEC, secured a speaking position for Jacobs President at the 2021 APEC CEO Summit, alongside the Prime Minister of Singapore and President of Chile at zero cost. The speaking position enabled critical brand and relationship building at the height of COVID and enabled enhanced engagement with the planning ministries of 21 APEC economies. 🌐 Working with our built environment market director, I negotiated and helped establish Jacobs' strategic partnership with Australia’s national Science agency, CSIRO. The novel partnership enables joint bids for commercial solutions to innovate in the global health and manufacturing sectors, supporting US$1 billion in business🌐 Co-led the team to accede Jacobs to the Tent Partnership for Refugees, supporting the mentorship of 50 refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine and providing a pathway for employment

The NC-APEC Board consists of leading companies with a strong stake in the growth and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific. NCAPEC relies on strong engagement from its membership to shape strategies that achieve tangible outcomes in the 21 member economies of APEC🌏 Served as Jacobs representative to the National Center for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (NCAPEC) Board. Provided advice on governance of APEC and US Government economic, climate, social and environmental priorities for APEC.

The American Australian Association is the largest non-profit organization devoted to strengthening relations between the United States and Australia.🇦🇺🇺🇸 Established the Washington DC office, leading engagements with members of Congress, the White House, personnel within the Australian Embassy, and local businesses. Responsible for engagement between AAA members and stakeholders throughout the United States and Australia with the exception of New York City.🇦🇺🇺🇸 Facilitated eight live events in 2019 and a series of virtual events in 2020 featuring engagements with CEOs, the Prime Minister of Australia, members of Congress, the Australian Ambassador to the United States, the President of the United States, cabinet secretaries, and celebrities from both countries.🇦🇺🇺🇸 Designed and organized a leader-level dialogue focused on infrastructure, held in Sydney and attended by the governors of several US states and their Australian counterparts.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for the Australian Government's foreign policy and relations, international aid, consular services and trade and investment.🦘 Supported the Australian Ambassador to the United States, developing talking points and writing speeches focused on infrastructure issues and establishing advocacy with Congress, the White House, and state and local government leaders.🦘 Led Australia’s infrastructure delegation to the 2018 National Governor’s Association Conference, and represented Australia when meeting with the governors of Louisiana, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Arizona, leading to new state-based partnerships to facilitate infrastructure investment.🦘In partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center, conceptualized and launched an infrastructure financing (asset recycling) pilot program between the governments of Washington DC and NSW and ACT state governments in Australia, enabling DC government to modernize its infrastructure on a cost-neutral basis🦘Built strategic partnership with the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The partnership helped secure an invitation for the Ambassador to address the House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee, a first for Australia.

🦘 Served on free trade negotiating teams supporting agreements between Australia and China, Japan, Korea, and the Trans Pacific Partnership.🦘Authored communications and messaging to communicate the outcome of each agreement to the Australian public, contributing to passage by Parliament and ratification as law. Australia's trade with North Asia has more than doubled since the ratification of these agreements. 🦘 Received an official commendation from the Prime Minister of Australia as a member of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiation team.🦘In 2014, served as the Australian Liaison Officer to President Putin of Russia at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane. Received a commendation from the Australian Prime Minister for outstanding services to Australia at the G20.

Cossette is a creative marketing and communications agency, home of creative, digital, design, content, strategy, social and super power💻 Responsible for a Search Engine Marketing portfolio in both French and English valued over CAD$2 million. Clients included; the Government of Canada, Brother Printers, and Air Transat. This included platforms such Google, YouTube, and Facebook