From that post he covered the civil war resulting from the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, and later joined the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) peacekeeping mission under Sergio de Mello.
[4] In 2006 Gilmore led a World Bank study to trace spending in peacekeeping missions that revealed only 5% of donor money entered the local economies.
Based on those findings Gilmore launched a project in Afghanistan to channel international spending through local small businesses.
[8] Gilmore was named as "Transformational Canadian" by The Globe and Mail[1] and a Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum.
[10] Gilmore was married to Catherine McKenna, former Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre and former cabinet minister until separating in 2019.