Global Development

we build a collaborative
economy to bring
sustainable solutions
to people

we envision breakthrough partnerships

We brought the leading global industry alliance as a new ally to improve healthy supply chains in emerging economies.

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we converge leaders across sectors

We connected a Fortune 500 company with leading social innovators to tackle a major infectious disease.

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we transform access to solutions

We engaged governments in Asia and Africa with a global tech leader to transform access to digital education.

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we engage art to transform people’s lives

ART4ACTION builds new bridges between art and society to reimagine and mobilize social and environmental change.

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ABOUT GD

We help our clients build breakthrough collaborations to unlock new market opportunities for products, technologies and services that accelerate social change.

GD is a new kind of consulting enterprise - combining strategy design, business development and coalition building for the emerging collaborative economy. Original thinkers, we are a group of top-level professionals who deeply care about making a difference. We accelerate collaborative ventures between leaders in businesses, governments and civil society. Our work develops sustainable business models, de-risks investments and creates shared value. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, GD was founded by Barbara Bulc in response to a growing need to foster systems change and accelerate collaborations for societal and economic impact.

GD catalyzed synergistic collaborations with new partners in global health to help us increase the accessibility and affordability of new information technology.

Mike Gann
Director, Global Healthcare
World Ahead Program, Intel

Action Areas

Focused on the wellbeing of people and our planet, we work across interconnected systems to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.

HEALTH & WELLBEING
ENVIRONMENT
NUTRITION & FOOD SECURITY
EDUCATION

ENVISION

SMART MAPS

MARKET INSIGHTS

BREAKTHROUGH STRATEGIES

CONVERGE

STRATEGIC EVENTS

COMMUNICATION & ADVOCACY

PRIVATE & PUBLIC INVESTMENTS

TRANSFORM

COLLABORATIVE VENTURES

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS

SCALED-UP SOLUTIONS

When we truly care about our world and each other, we find the courage to think, feel and act outside of our own and institutional boundaries. This brings us together for the common good.

Barbara Bulc, GD Founder

THE CAUSE

Over 85% of the world’s population lacks access to healthcare, food, water, energy and education.

In a world that is increasingly complex, the societal and environmental challenges we face seem daunting. While we have halved extreme poverty over the past decade, over 5 billion people live off less than $10 a day, with another 1.5 billion under $20. Access to vital products, technologies and services remains an enormous challenge. How can we innovate to respond to this largely untapped multi-trillion dollar economy, while catalysing positive social change?

We have the technical and financial capabilities to solve these challenges, yet no single organisation is equipped to do it alone. There is an urgent need for new ways of thinking to rebuild our broken systems for a sustainable and inclusive future. Only by working collectively can we ensure the progress and survival of humankind and our planet.