TM Global Advisory
About Me
Educated in his native Canada and the UK, Terence McNamee is a specialist in economic development, governance and security issues. After completing his PhD at the London School of Economics, he worked for 8 years at the Royal United Services Institute in London, before serving as Deputy Director of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation until the end of 2017. He has convened or led numerous high-level international dialogues and missions on a range of issues. Terence is currently a non-resident Global Fellow of the Wilson Center (Washington, DC) and a frequent advisor and consultant to a range of international clients. He has published articles in Foreign Policy, The New York Times and Financial Times, plus longer works from scholarly essays and compendiums to an internationally acclaimed popular history; and delivered presentations in more than 40 countries. Terence is an articulate and persuasive speaker across varied audiences, with a comprehensive understanding of global development challenges. He has a proven track record as a flexible leader and negotiator, comfortable working in complex environments, and a trusted liaison in high-powered political and business contexts, including as an adviser to a head of state
WRITING AND PUBLISHING
Articles published in various int'l press including Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Financial Times
Editor or Co-Editor of books War without Consequences: Iraq's Insurgency and the Spectre of Strategic Defeat (RUSI, 2008); On the Fault Line: Managing tensions and divisions in Societies (Profile, 2012), Africans investing in Africa (Palgrave, 2015); The State of Peacebuilding in Africa (Palgrave, 2020)
Writer and historian of: the multi-award winning CENTURY (Phaidon Press, 1999, conceived and photo-edited by Bruce Bernard), named Book of the Year (Illustrated), British Book Awards, France Info's Special Award for Photojournalism and a Merit Award from the New York Art Director's Club; its successor DECADE (Phaidon Press, 2010, photo-edited by Eamonn McCabe); and GANDHI (Phaidon Press, 2001, photo-edited by Peter Ruhe).
Services
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Expertise, strategic advice and guidance to private and public sector clients
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Services include business development; navigation on geo-strategic dynamics; scenario planning; convenor of thought leadership groups; keynote speaker and moderator; writer and high-impact storyteller; mobilisation of global network for partnerships and growth; evaluation and assessment
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Recent clients include DT Global (Spain), African Development Bank, Sofala Partners (UK), Government of Canada, Datanovaae (USA/Portugal), Global Initiative (Switzerland), Verdability (USA), KFW/DEG (Germany)
Leadership
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Member of leading UK think tank’s management body and department director
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Established and managed the international Machel-Mandela Fellowship programme
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Headed international election observer mission (Lesotho national election 2017)
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Originator and Executive Director of the Family Forum, a pan-African initiative connecting and convening major family businesses
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Chairman of professional research body (Australia)
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Former Senior Independent Director and chairman of the audit committee for pan-African management consulting firm (offices in Ghana, South Africa and United Kingdom)
Strategy and Research
Ran multi-channel communications and research strategy for renowned family office
Originator and executive director of a pan-African initiative connecting major family businesses
Trusted advisor on public and private philanthropy for ultra HNW family
Created and executed numerous research collaborations with global partners, e.g, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Germany), Australian Strategic Policy Institute (Australia), Global Affairs Canada (Canada), US Dept of Defence (USA)
Cabinet-level policy advice and public diplomacy; in-country advisor to Malawi's President (2013)
Global Fellow of the US’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues
Visiting expert to the Prism Group, ISAF IX, based in Kabul, Afghanistan (2006)
Education
2002 London School of Economics and Political Science (London, UK) PhD, International Relations
1995 McGill University (Montreal, Canada) MA, Political Science
1992 University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) BA, History
