Clare Melford was the CEO of the International Business Leaders Forum[1] from November 2010 until she stepped down in November 2012.
She graduated from Oxford University and trained as a management consultant at Marakon Associates. She worked as general manager for MTV Nordic for eight years.[2][3] She took a leadership role in the transition of the European Council on Foreign Relations to independent status from previously being a part of George Soros' Open Society Foundations.[1]
She has been CEO of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), a not-for-profit organisation which provides disinformation risk ratings, but in 2020 the subject was listed as secretary with no compensation in federal tax filings.[4][5][6]
She explained in a talk delivered to the Royal Society of Arts that it was while she was general manager of the Nordic region of MTV that she developed a critical understanding of how the media station provided a supportive selling environment for unsustainable lifestyles, which led to her giving up that position and becoming interested in Buddhism.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b IBLF appoints Clare Melford as its new Chief Executive Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today, accessed December 18, 2012
- ^ "Nordic chief leaves MTV" kampanje.com 1/2/2007
- ^ "NY regim på MTV - Realtid.se". Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ Nonprofit Explorer. (4 November 2021). ProPublica. 2020 IRS Form 990. ProPublica website Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Global Disinformation Index"
- ^ "LindkedIn profile"
- ^ Four Thought Series 3, BBC, broadcast Radio 4 May 2, 2012