Richard Gowan
Director, UN and Multilateral Diplomacy
New York
Crisis Group Role
Richard oversees Crisis Group’s advocacy work at the United Nations, liaising with diplomats and
UN officials in New York.
Professional Background
Richard was previously a Consulting Analyst with ICG in 2016 and 2017. He has worked with the
European Council on Foreign Relations, New York University Center on International Cooperation
and the Foreign Policy Centre (London). He has taught at the School of International and Public
Affairs at Columbia University and Stanford in New York. He has also worked as a consultant for
the organisations including UN Department of Political Affairs, the UN Office of the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General on International Migration, the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Rasmussen Global, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Finnish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Global Affairs Canada. From 2013 to 2019, he wrote a weekly
column (“Diplomatic Fallout”) for World Politics
Review.