About The Speaker
Mr. Guillaume Lafortune
Guillaume Lafortune is Vice President and Head of the Paris Office at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). - He joined SDSN in 2017 to coordinate the production of the annual Sustainable Development Report (which includes the SDG Index and Dashboards) and other projects on SDG data and statistics. - Previously, he served as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) working on public governance reforms and statistics. - He was one of the lead advisors for the production of the 2015 and 2017 flagship statistical report Government at a Glance. He also contributed to analytical work related to public sector efficiency, open government data and citizens’ satisfaction with public services. - Earlier, Guillaume worked as an economist at the Ministry of Economic Development in the Government of Quebec (Canada).