Christopher Neal

Christopher Neal is an author, journalist and retired communications manager specialized in international affairs, development issues and Latin America. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in political science at Carleton University, he started his career in the 1980s as a reporter for the Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen, including three years as a freelancer in Latin America. He later shifted to communications management for the non-governmental international development organizations CUSO and the Canadian Council for International Cooperation. From there, he was recruited by Canada’s federal Canadian International Development Agency, where he held various posts, including Director-General of Communications. In 1998, joined the World Bank, managing media relations and communications for its Latin America department, its chief economist, and energy practice. He also completed a master's degree in international policy and practice at George Washington University. In 2016, he returned to his native Montreal, where he has been a board member of the Quebec Community Groups Network and Quebec Writers’ Federation. In 2022, he published a book, The Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America.