Patrick McWhinney

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Career
Patrick McWhinney is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Insight Partners and Insight Collaborative. Mr. McWhinney works with clients, providing consulting and training services to corporate executives, professionals and government officials worldwide. He specializes in advising corporate executives on negotiation in the financial services, pharmaceutical, insurance and technology sectors.
Mr. McWhinney is recognized as an international expert in mediation, negotiation and conflict management, and is a special advisor to the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Mr. McWhinney has held positions as adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School and Northeastern University. He is a former Training Co-director of the Harvard Mediation Program and a former Associate at Stitt Feld Handy Houston ADR Ltd. A Canadian who speaks proficient German and conversational Japanese, he earned a bachelor’s degree at McGill University and a master’s degree from Harvard, focusing on conflict management and alternative dispute resolution through the Harvard Negotiation Program.
Accomplishments
Mr. McWhinney was recently nominated as a 2009 Young Global Leader (YGL), an honor bestowed by the World Economic Forum recognizing two hundred distinguished leaders under the age of 40 from around the world. He will be collaborating with other YGL members to develop, design and implement humanitarian initiatives to positively impact global change.
The annual award “recognizes outstanding young leaders from around the world for their professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.” McWhinney is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Insight Partners and Insight Collaborative, a negotiation and effective communication training and consulting firm, located in Boston. Other 2009 Young Global Leaders nominees include: Tiger Woods, professional golfer; Chris Martin, lead singer of the British band Coldplay; and Jessica Biel, actress and cofounder of the Make a Difference Network.
YGL Work
The YGL-Marketplace is a web-based platform within WELCOM that will allow the YGL and WEF community to provide resources, connect social entrepreneurs and bring “trade not aid” to underdeveloped regions of the world. This platform will systematize the meeting of needs, services, goods, references, contacts and other information to facilitate and promote the various social and GRI initiatives that YGLs are leading. This is a unique opportunity to be “execution focused” and deliver results to much needed communities across the globe.
YGL Pledge
Patrick McWhinney, through Insight Collaborative, pledges in 2010 to educate 500 Northern Ugandan children affected by civil war on peace, democracy, and conflict resolution, thereby contributing to MDG 8, to build a global partnership for development.

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