An international relations and strategic advisory firm specializing in strategic partnerships, communications, business development, and convening leaders across the public, private and nonprofit sectors.
Our approach
When organizations are operating on the global stage, every meeting matters, every relationship carries weight, and every dollar invested should generate meaningful return. Success is rarely determined by a single introduction or opportunity. It is determined by how an organization presents itself, how effectively it builds relationships, and whether it has the strategy and systems to convert opportunities into lasting partnerships.
Welch International exists to ensure nothing is left to chance.
We work with leaders across business, government, philanthropy, and the United Nations system to strengthen the entire growth ecosystem, from positioning and messaging to partnership strategy, stakeholder engagement, fundraising, and business development. We identify the gaps that limit growth, refine the systems that drive execution, and help organizations maximize both their revenue and their long-term impact.
Whether securing strategic partnerships, entering new markets, engaging governments, or raising capital for mission-driven initiatives, our role is to ensure every opportunity is approached with clarity, credibility, and a plan for execution.
Because at the highest level, organizations don't succeed simply because they have the best mission or the best product. They succeed because every interaction, every process, and every strategic decision is aligned to create measurable results. That's where Welch International delivers value.
Services
We help you find the people who can actually say yes, get you in front of them, and stay involved until the deal is signed. Relationships do the work here, not lists.
Partnerships between a company, a government, and a UN agency rarely fall apart over the idea. They fall apart in the details. We handle the details and keep everyone moving in the same direction.
How you come across matters as much as what you are offering, especially in front of an institutional audience. We help you get the message, the materials, and the platform right.
In practice
Getting the right people into one room, and making sure the agenda is worth their time.
Turning a good conversation into an agreement both sides can actually deliver on.
Keeping everyone aligned once a partnership involves more than two organizations.
Making sure that when you have the floor, the message lands with the people who matter.
Sectors
The value is rarely in any one of these on its own. It comes from knowing how a decision in one opens a door in another, and being credible in all of them in the same week.
Founders, executives, and investors who need access to capital, customers, or counterparties they cannot reach on their own.
Companies building in artificial intelligence, data, and emerging technology, where the policy conversation is moving as fast as the product.
Ministries, agencies, and elected offices, including conservation and environmental policy work through the Roosevelt Alliance.
UN agencies, permanent missions, and ECOSOC accredited organizations, including the weeks when the whole system is in New York at once.
Convening
An invitation only convening of leaders in business, finance, technology, government, philanthropy, and the United Nations, hosted with Peace Boat US during Climate Week NYC and the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Media
The podcast and Intelligence Report are how we stay close to the people setting policy and moving capital. They are also a quick way for you to get a read on a subject before you commit to it.
Conversations with the people setting policy, moving capital, and building the institutions behind both. Hosted by Dylan Welch.
A media and advisory platform covering geopolitics, technology, sustainable development, and the multilateral system.
Leadership
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dylan Welch is an international relations strategist, media entrepreneur, and business development advisor specializing in partnerships at the intersection of business, government, philanthropy, and the United Nations system. He works with leaders across finance, technology, artificial intelligence, policy, and conservation to develop strategic partnerships, expand organizational influence, and turn ambitious ideas into measurable results.
Over the course of his career, Dylan has led international expeditions, produced more than 1,000 television episodes, advised mission-driven organizations on growth and fundraising, and managed high-level events and partnerships surrounding the United Nations General Assembly. His multidisciplinary background enables him to bridge industries, align diverse stakeholders, and navigate complex international initiatives with a practical, execution-focused approach.
Dylan is the founder of Welch International, the founder and host of the New York Innovation Forum for Sustainable Development, and the creator and host of The Intelligence Report Podcast, where he interviews global leaders shaping the future of business, technology, international affairs, and public policy. Through his work, he helps organizations build meaningful relationships, unlock new opportunities, and execute strategies that create lasting global impact.
Start here
Thirty minutes is usually enough to work out whether we can help and who you ought to be talking to. Bring the goal, the obstacle, and the deadline.
Direct: Dylan@DylanWelch.com