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Brent Kerrigan

Executive Speechwriter & AI Communications Trainer

www.brentkerrigan.com

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Brent Kerrigan is an executive speechwriter and AI communications trainer with more than two decades of experience helping global leaders communicate with clarity, authenticity, and impact.

He has written for UN leaders, heads of government, Fortune 500 CEOs, and senior executives across international organizations. For six years, Brent served as Head Speechwriter at UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), supporting three Executive Secretaries through some of the most high-profile moments in global climate diplomacy.

Today, Brent works with leaders and organizations on executive communications while helping communications professionals understand how artificial intelligence can strengthen the writing process without replacing the judgment, originality, and human voice that make communication effective.

He leads AI for Leadership Communications workshops for the Professional Speechwriters Association and continues to write speeches for global leaders and international organizations.

His work focuses on the increasingly important question of how communicators can use AI as a powerful research, organization, and writing-assistance tool while still protecting authorship, executive voice, originality, and human judgment.

Brent is based in Geneva, Switzerland.