{"id":162696,"date":"2023-09-14T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_person&#038;p=162696"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:33:09","slug":"david-mcnair","status":"publish","type":"one_person","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/person\/david-mcnair\/","title":{"rendered":"David McNair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David McNair is Executive Director&nbsp;of Global&nbsp;Strategy&nbsp;and ONE Data at&nbsp;the&nbsp;ONE&nbsp;Campaign.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For two decades he has worked on successful campaigns to reduce child mortality, unlock billions in funding for climate and sustainable development, reform the global financial architecture and crack down on grand corruption and tax evasion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a non-resident scholar at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/people\/david-mcnair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/a>, sits on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/profile\/david-mcnair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Council on Foreign Relations Council<\/a>, is a founding executive board member of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaeuropefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa Europe Foundation,<\/a>&nbsp;and sits on the Board of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clearglobal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLEAR Global<\/a>, a nonprofit that helps people access vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a regular adviser commentator on development and geopolitics, holds a PhD in social geography from the Queen\u2019s University of Belfast and is author of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/research\/2024\/07\/why-europe-needs-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Europe Needs Africa<\/a>\u2019 published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David McNair is Executive Director&nbsp;of Global&nbsp;Strategy&nbsp;and ONE Data at&nbsp;the&nbsp;ONE&nbsp;Campaign.&nbsp; For two decades he has worked on successful campaigns to reduce child mortality, unlock billions in funding for climate and sustainable development, reform the global financial architecture and crack down on grand corruption and tax evasion.&nbsp; He is a non-resident scholar at the&nbsp;Carnegie Endowment for International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":162697,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"161584,161524,161439,161294,161392,161660","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"team":[25],"class_list":["post-162696","one_person","type-one_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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