What I Bring
Deep & Global Expertise
Over five years as Head Speechwriter at UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), and two decades writing for global institutions, FTSE and Fortune 500 companies, private-sector leaders, and NGOs like Transparency International and CEMUNE. My focus: leadership storytelling and high-impact speechwriting.
Versatile Experience
From ministerial addresses to corporate keynotes, from TEDx-style scripts to boardroom briefings—I’ve helped shape messages across contexts and sectors. I’ve also led speechwriting workshops and panels in Oxford, Washington, Berlin, and beyond.
Climate & Sustainability Focus
Extensive experience supporting messaging on climate, sustainability, and global policy. I understand the language of diplomacy, but also how to cut through it when clarity matters most.
A Human-First Approach
AI can generate content. I help clients find the message that sounds like them: authentic, strategic, and impossible to ignore.
About Me
I’m Brent Kerrigan.
I’ve spent my career helping leaders, organizations, and institutions find the story behind their message—and then shape it into something powerful, clear, and human.
For over five years, I served as Head Speechwriter at UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), where I worked with global leaders on high-stakes, high-visibility speeches. Before that, I spent nearly two decades crafting messages for governments, NGOs, multilateral institutions, and senior executives across sectors.
Throughout it all, I’ve seen the same pattern: leaders and organizations doing meaningful work, but struggling to express it clearly—especially when the stakes are high or the audience is complex. My work is about bridging that gap: turning dense material, competing messages, and scattered insights into a story that lands.
Today, I work as a Strategic Story Consultant, combining speechwriting, narrative strategy, and ghostwriting to support clients around the world—from Geneva to Berlin to Washington.
