The speech that could only be yours.
Looking for an executive speechwriter who can match the high standards you’ve set for yourself and your organization?
One who is fluent in AI, but earned his chops in the pre-AI era?
One who understands why that distinction matters?
I take on a small number of engagements each year, for occasions where the words have to be right — and unmistakably yours.
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Yes, I use AI in my work. You should know exactly how.
I’ve written for senior leaders for more than 20 years, and I now teach communications professionals how to incorporate AI into specific parts of their workflow.
So, I don’t pretend these tools have no place in serious communications work.
They help me research faster, interrogate material, test audience assumptions and find potential evidence and sources more efficiently — exactly as I teach in my AI courses.
But the drafting process, and the decisions that make a speech yours — what you actually believe, what the audience needs to hear, what belongs in your voice and what does not — remain human decisions.
So does responsibility for the final words.
If you hire me, you don't have to wonder where AI is in the process.I’ll tell you.
Technology has changed the process... ...but a great speech still begins with the person giving it.
You already have a voice! It comes from what you believe, everything you've lived through, how you think, what you care about hand the way you speak when you mean what you are saying.
Tech helps with parts of the work. But the speech still has to emerge from the person, the moment and the audience. From real life! Those are the things I need to understand before we even begin thinking of a draft.
My job is to listen closely enough to recognize what is distinctive. Then I can sharpen the thinking, strengthen the argument and shape the words into something you can deliver naturally — and stand behind.
Crafted Together. Delivered with Impact.
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, Petersberg Climate Summit, 2020
“These are dark days, but they are not without hope.”
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC, 5th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement
“The Paris Agreement is a covenant of hope with humanity.”
Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, UNFCCC, Munich Security Conference, 2023
“Investment in climate action is an investment in personal security and, ultimately, peace throughout the world.”
Mafalda Duarte, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund, IIED Barbara Ward Lecture, 2024
“While national sovereignty may provide rights of self-determination for nations to pursue their own paths, we cannot sever the threads that bind us on a fundamentally human level.”
Neerja Birla , Founder and Chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust & Global Chair for Mental Health, 2025
“True prosperity means more than money. A nation’s prosperity is measured in health, quality of life, security, education systems, and so much more — but each of those is built on a foundation of mental health. ”
Speechwriting works better when we
work together.
Briefing
The occasion, audience, objective, constraints and what is really at stake.
Listen & Research
Conversations, source material, background, previous speeches and the language you naturally use.
Draft & Shape
A full draft built around your argument, your voice and the audience you need to move.
Refine & Deliver
Two rounds of revision are included. We sharpen the language, strengthen the argument and make sure the final version is ready to deliver.
Four stages, but one continuous process: your thinking and voice stay connected from start to finish.
My approach is collaborative and tailored. I don't disappear, send a draft, and hope it lands. Every engagement is different, but many look like this:
Twenty years inside the rooms where words carry consequence.
For six years, I served as Head Speechwriter at UN Climate Change, supporting three Executive Secretaries through major international negotiations, global summits and some of the most closely watched moments in climate diplomacy.
That work sits within a broader career writing for other UN organizations, such as the International Telecommunication Union, Government of Canada ministers, international organizations, chief executives and leaders across climate, development, technology, finance and the private sector.
Different leaders. Different audiences. The same requirement: understand what is at stake, find the argument, and write something the speaker can own.
Today, I work with senior leaders — and the communications teams behind them.
My practice is intentionally selective. I work across sectors and borders, usually where the audience is important, the subject is complex, or the leader needs to sound unmistakably like themselves.
Government, diplomatic & multilateral leaders
Speeches and strategic messaging for ministers, diplomats, UN leaders and other public figures speaking to domestic and international audiences.
CEOs & organizational leaders
Keynotes, major addresses and leadership messaging for executives facing strategic moments, stakeholder audiences and periods of change.
Climate, development & purpose-led leaders
Speeches and thought leadership on climate, development, philanthropy, mental health and other complex issues that need to connect with people.
I also have extensive experience writing for leaders communicating in English as a second language — adapting the speech to the speaker, never the other way around.
Let's talk.
If you have an important speech, keynote, address or leadership moment coming up, tell me a little about the occasion, the audience and what you need the speech to do.
- Executive speechwriting and strategic message support
- Based in Geneva, working globally across time zones
- Personal reply within 24 hours · confidentiality respected