Rennie Global
Advisory, strategy and convening.
We build the relationships and partnerships that make multilateral and public-private work succeed.
What we do
Advisory
How to engage the UN and the multilateral system: who to talk to, how to structure a partnership, and how to move your priorities through intergovernmental processes.
Convening
High-level events and facilitated dialogues, from speaker strategy to moderation.
Strategy
Creative planning, research and reports that turn a complicated agenda into a clear path.
Angus MacLean Rennie
Founder, Rennie Global
As founder of Rennie Global, Angus advises businesses, UN entities and other organizations on building partnerships that deliver on sustainable development, and brings together the right team for each mandate.
He spent more than a decade at the centre of how the UN engages business. He joined the UN Global Compact in 2014 and led its partnerships with the UN system and with companies. As interim Chief of Staff from 2024, he advised the Assistant Secretary-General, managed the front office and the advisory Board, and coordinated the Executive Management Team.
From 2020 to 2022, seconded to the UN Development Coordination Office, he built new connections between Resident Coordinator Offices and the Global Compact’s Local Networks, giving country teams a direct line to local business communities.
Before the UN, Angus practised law in Canada, in corporate and commercial law, litigation, criminal defence and international criminal law. Earlier he was Special Assistant to the Speaker of the House of Commons and a policy analyst at the Legislature of Ontario. He has also advised on Canadian political campaigns.
Angus holds a JD/BCL from McGill and a degree in public affairs from Carleton’s Kroeger College, and works in English and French.
Speaking and media
Available to speak, facilitate and moderate, and for media commentary as a former UN official.