Global Leadership

Profound insights delivered with a touch of spice

From a very early age, Avril [Kim] Campbell was drawn to both public service and center stage. As a girl of ten growing up in Canada's British Columbia, Kim was discovered by producers searching the Vancouver schools for a plucky young reporter to host the "Junior TV Club". A natural with a microphone, quick-witted Campbell followed up her television debut with another type of public engagement--one that would set the pace for her penchant for the unprecedented--and became the first female Student Council President of her high school.

Today, Canada's First Female Prime Minister spends most of her time in the US and abroad engaged in issues of governance and leadership. In addition to speaking engagements all over the world for which she is known to deliver profound perspectives and often humorous insights--she consults with businesses and NGO's and is widely regarded as a thoughtleader on global issues like democracy promotion, governance and globalization, non-proliferation and climate change.

Kim Campbell is sought after for her depth as well as her breadth of knowledge, particularly in the areas of leadership, gender issues, and democratization. Below is a sample of her involvement in global initiatives.

 Current Leadership Positions Include:

• Chair of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy, a global network of activists, practitioners, academics, policy makers, and funders who cooperate in the promotion of democracy.
• Member of the Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA), a joint initiative of the UN Foundation and the Club of Madrid, which is a task force of world leaders committed to addressing climate change through international negotiations.
• Trustee of the Crisis Group, which is generally recognized as the world's leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments and intergovernmental bodies.
• Serves on advisory board of the Arab Democracy Foundation, which launched in Doha in May of 2007.
• Chair of the International Advisory Board of the Foundation for Effective Governance based in Kiev, which helps design and implement public policy solutions as well as further public debate on economic development challenges in Ukraine.
• Member of the Board of Advisors to the Global Security Institute, which focuses on international cooperation and security based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament, and the steering committee of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI).
• Member and Former President of the International Women's Forum, a global organization of women of significant and diverse achievement. Ms. Campbell was inducted into their IWF Hall of Fame in October, 2008.
• Member and Chair Emerita of the Council of Women World Leaders, an organization of current and former female heads of state and government.

Kim Campbell was educated at the University of British Columbia (BA, 1969, LLB, 1983) and the London School of Economics (Doctoral studies in Soviet Government, ABD, 1970-73) where she's now an Honorary Fellow. She holds seven honorary doctorates.

The 3rd Edition of her best-selling political memoir Time and Chance was released with an updated epilogue in May of 2008 and can be purchased at the University of Alberta Press.