United Nations

Lucy Turner is an expert in identifying and communicating positive change. Her work shines a light on people changing lives and institutions, and mobilises resources for impact at scale.  A ten-time award winning writer, experienced data analyst, and human rights expert, Lucy’s advocacy leverages stories that move the heart, statistics that satisfy the head, and solutions that motivate action.  

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Lucy Turner aims to ensure that people are at the centre of UN development efforts. Around the world, she observed how words and stories reveal simple solutions that change lives and nations. Listening, as people speak in their own voices and languages, also empowers and builds bridges among communities devastated by conflict and poverty, and generates data for effective development. 

Convinced that these factors drive peace and progress, Lucy committed to help ensure that the voices of the people that the UN serves inform what the Organisation does for them. She dedicated herself to a paradigm shift whereby ‘beneficiaries’ of international assistance are identified as sources of the expertise, data and partnerships we need for the world we want. Her work has spearheaded changes in law, policy, funding priorities, national institutions, and the structure of the UN system. 

Experienced in building results measurement systems, Lucy combines expertise in communications, data and human rights to produce evidence-based narratives that drive system-wide change.

A thought leader and innovator in impact measurement, initatives that Lucy designed and led has been highlighted by the World Bank President, UN Secretary General, UN Security Council, UNDP Executive Board, Commission on the Status of Women, World Data Forum, and World Economic Forum (Davos). 

“In every voice. In every language. In every story, is the information we need for the world we want.”