Open Society president Mark Malloch-Brown: ‘Obviously “Lord Global” got that wrong’

Written by on July 7, 2023

It is a gloriously sunny day as I squeeze into the elevator of the cheery six-storey building that houses The Conduit, a trendy members’ club in London’s Covent Garden for self-appointed “changemakers”. The man I’m here to meet, Mark Malloch-Brown, has taken many guises during a protean career in which the one constant has been the promotion of liberalism, democracy and globalisation — ideas that are now under siege worldwide. 

In pursuit of his agenda, he has adopted the roles of journalist, administrator, consultant, spin-doctor, diplomat and government minister. Now, a few . . .



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