Ryan Johnson leads Accenture’s efforts to channel its core commercial strategy, digital, operations, and technology consulting capabilities to meet the needs of the international development community. Ryan has over 9 years of experience supporting the international development sector and has worked directly with over 20 INGOs, international corporations, governments, and foundations. Ryan focuses on growth strategy, cross-sector partnerships, resilience programs, and innovative finance. He has traveled extensively throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. From 2012-2014, Ryan served as the first Director of Foundation and Corporate Engagement at Catholic Relief Services while on a two-year secondment from Accenture. During that time he led the development and implementation of CRS's agency-level corporate engagement strategy and oversaw the design and planning of the first Vatican Impact Investing Conference, which CRS co-convened in Rome in June 2014 with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the University of Notre Dame. From 2008-2009, Ryan led the Program Management Center for PEPFAR’s Partnership for an HIV-Generation in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ryan has contributed to thought leadership such as the book “Building a Better International NGO: Greater than the Sum of the Parts?” and Accenture's “Convergence Economy: Rethinking International Development in a Converging World”. Ryan holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BA from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Harvard Corporate Social Responsibility Scholars & Practitioners Network.