John Gilroy is the Chief of Service, Trust Funds and Programmes, in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office for Partnerships Team. In this role he leads the teams managing the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Democracy Fund and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ¡¯s relationship with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Foundation. He also works on incubating new partnerships and initiatives.
John has over twenty years of experience with the Irish Foreign Ministry, with a strong focus on multilateralism and sustainable development. Over two postings at the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and four years as Deputy Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Policy in Dublin, he has worked across all three pillars of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, including during Ireland¡¯s Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council term in 2021-2022. John has a deep knowledge of the SDGs, having contributed to their agreement during the 2030 Agenda negotiations in 2014 - 2015, and leading the Irish team that delivered consensus on the 2023 SDG Summit Political Declaration. Most recently John was Deputy Director of Ireland's Human Rights Unit. He has extensive experience working on Ireland's ODA programme, Irish Aid, and was previously posted to the Irish Embassy in The Hague.