TM Global Advisory
About Me
Terence McNamee, PhD
I am a specialist in geo-politics, security and economic development. For more than two decades I have convened global leaders for private conversations that helped change realities, from preventing a coup to unlocking major investments. The reach of this network and the trust it carries stand as my core professional asset, cultivated through authentic connection, discreet diplomacy and results that speak for themselves. I shaped strategy sessions at leading think tanks on two continents that drew presidents, generals, and global CEOs. Through TM Global Advisory I channelled that same access towards businesses, family offices and philanthropies seeking to understand how to forge decisive positions in emerging markets, where governance vacuums, ballots, and bullets influence capital flows. Extensive field experience anchors my judgement; my writings capture these forces
WRITING AND PUBLISHING
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Articles published in various int'l press including Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Financial Times
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Cover Story of November 10, 2025 edition of Christian Science Monitor Weekly magazine
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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)
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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
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Senior Fellow of the Montreal Institute for Global Security (current)
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Former Global Fellow of the US’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues
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Ran multi-channel communications and research strategy for renowned family office
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Originator and executive director of a pan-African initiative connecting major family businesses
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Trusted advisor on public and private philanthropy for ultra HNW family
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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)
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Cabinet-level policy advice and public diplomacy; in-country advisor to Malawi's President (2013)
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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
