David M. Malone, born in 1954, is a Canadian author on international security and development, as well as a career diplomat.

[9] David Malone is bilingual in French and in English and passed the French exam Baccalauréat in Ecole Saint Martin in Pontoise (France).He holds a degree from l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (Montreal); studied at the American University in Cairo; holds an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; and earned a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University.

[18] Malone has a long-term interest in Haiti, which he visited as part of UN delegations and as a representative of human rights groups.

[19] In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, he expressed mixed optimism that a lengthy (15 to 20 years) international involvement might bring about positive change, but lamented the lack of interest in "Paris, Washington, or even Ottawa" in a long-term strategy.

He published five books during his tenure, including ‘The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region’, co-edited with Devesh Kapur, Lily Kong and Florence Lo, comprising multiple chapters written primarily by authors from the region, to be published by Oxford University Press in November 2022.