RCNY International Breakfast at the UN

Angus is passionate about bringing the UN and business together to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals and leave the planet in better shape for future generations.

Throughout his purpose-driven career, Angus has worked to create impact as a writer, a
strategist, a relationship-builder and someone who strives to speak truth to power. This has
included work as a political advisor and a Canadian lawyer, and for the past decade at the UN
Global Compact advocating for more responsible, ethical, and principled business practices.
Over more than a decade at UNGC, Angus has built trust and established relationships with a
diverse range of partners to strengthen the organization's value proposition and enhance its
ability to deliver impact through greater collaboration with the UN, institutional partners, and
corporate stakeholders. He has proudly advised and supported all three successive UNGC
Executive Directors, working at every stage of the organization's evolution.
Leading UNGC’s partnerships portfolio since 2016, Angus has been tasked with some of
UNGC’s most strategic organizational deliverables, including numerous editions of the Flagship
UN Private Sector Forum that brings CEOs to the UN to meet with UN leaders and Heads of
State and Government; defining UNGC's contributions to UN Development System Reform.
preparing five successive reports by the Secretary General to the UN General Assembly on
Global Partnerships; and a two-year secondment to build relationships between UN Country
Teams and local business stakeholders. Most recently, in 2024-2025 Angus served as Interim
Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary-General.

Angus has experience practicing corporate and commercial law, civil litigation, criminal defense
and international criminal law. Before becoming a lawyer, Angus served as a Special Assistant to
the Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons during a period when Canada’s Parliament
experienced its first minority government in over 25 years. He also worked as a researcher for
Ontario’s McGuinty Government, which phased out all coal-fired energy generation in the
province - an unprecedented act of climate leadership at the time. Angus has also served as an
advisor and organizer on numerous Canadian political campaigns.

Angus is a graduate of the McGill University Faculty of Law and the Carleton University
Kroeger College of Public Affairs. Outside of work he is active in a variety of community
service and community arts initiatives in the beautiful seaside community of Atlantic Highlands,
NJ.