Navigating multilateral processes to shape policy and unlock opportunity
Equipping organizations to understand, shape, and benefit from digital policy developments
- ensuring your voice is heard and your interests are represented on the world stage
About
LionBridge Consulting is a boutique advisory practice specializing in international relations and digital policy, working on topics such as AI, data governance, cybersecurity, connectivity, internet governance, online safety, and quantum technologies.
Many organizations lack the capacity to track emerging policy debates, decode technical discussions, and influence outcomes. LionBridge Consulting fills that gap. It separates signal from noise, identifying where, when and how to engage effectively, and making connections to the people, processes, and opportunities that matter.
Acting as a trusted guide, LionBridge Consulting equips clients to participate confidently in systems that shape long-term outcomes, whether to protect their interests or turn international developments into strategic advantage.
The company is led by Ben Wallis, a multilingual international relations and public policy specialist with deep experience working on AI and digital policy issues for both public and private sector organizations.
Representing the private sector in a meeting with the UN Secretary-General at the 2019 Internet Governance Forum
Services
LionBridge Consulting helps organizations move from uncertainty to informed action by:
Clarifying complex policy and regulatory developments
Providing direction on where to engage, when to act, and how to position
Connecting clients to the institutions, stakeholders, and coalitions that matter
Translating policy momentum into strategic opportunity
It works closely with clients to understand their priorities and then delivers targeted advisory support, including tailored insights and recommendations through to hands-on execution.
Services include:
Policy landscape analysis - mapping out where and how emerging issues are being discussed across the international system, and how different processes work and relate to each other.
Regulatory impact translation - explaining how outputs from multilateral and multistakeholder processes translate into policy risk and opportunity at the national level.
Government and multilateral engagement - determining the process points and interventions most likely to deliver impact, then designing and implementing targeted strategies to influence international policy development.
Visibility and partnerships - uncovering opportunities for international visibility, thought-leadership, and strategic partnerships that can unlock funding, expand reach, and support long-term impact.
In addition to serving as a bridge for organizations to the international system, LionBridge Consulting also supports the United Nations and other international bodies. This includes helping these institutions understand national and regional perspectives, clarify stakeholder priorities, and identify the partnerships needed to deliver programmes and initiatives more effectively.
About the founder
Ben Wallis is a multilingual international relations and public policy specialist with practical and in-depth expertise in shaping the digital policy landscape and a deep conviction in the value of international cooperation. He has worked in the public and private sectors on a variety of AI and tech policy issues, including in Microsoft’s UN and International Organizations team.
He has contributed to international policy development, including negotiating UN treaty text and working on EU laws, and contributing to OECD outputs as both a delegate and a consultant.
He has led campaigns and worked in coalitions to advance policy outcomes, including the development of EU net neutrality guidance and advocating for interoperable international approaches to AI governance.
He has partnered with UN bodies on strategic programmes to bring together the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Based in the tech hub of Seattle, he has lived in London and Brussels, regularly attended multilateral meetings in Geneva, Paris, New York, and Washington D.C., and participated in conferences across the world.
For a detailed overview of Ben’s professional experience and roles, you can download his full CV.
Get in Touch
If you’re navigating a complex global or digital policy moment, we’d be glad to talk.