 In 1994 he became the founding director of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and its Secretary-General from 1995 to 2016.One key achievement during this time was the adoption of the which guides the Commonwealth advocacy and engagement on local democracy and was incorporated into the Commonwealth Charter in 2013.Wright has been a member of the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Government on Post-2015 and Habitat III representing global local government organisations at the Addis Ababa Conference on Financing for Development and COP21 Paris and chaired key UN consultations on 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2013–16).