Malone served as a Canadian Ambassador to the UN from 1992 to 1994,[REF][REF] after representing Canada on the UN's Economic and Social Council, 1990-92 [REF].
Malone was president of the International Development Research Centre, a Canadian crown corporation that supports evidence-based and policy relevant research into healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies in the global south, 2008-2013,[REF] and became president in July 2008 [REF].