Our People
Leaders Invested in the Economic Development of Africa
The Brenthurst Foundation brings together experts, policy specialists, and senior government officials. With their diverse, often contrarian and always incisive analyses, our team, advisors, and associates offer fresh insights into African development.
Our team
Greg Mills
Director, The Brenthurst Foundation
Ray Hartley
Research Director, The Brenthurst Foundation
Marie-Noelle Nwokolo
Researcher, The Brenthurst Foundation
Richard Morrow
Researcher, The Brenthurst Foundation
Leila Jack
Project Administrator
Ghairoon Hajad
Office Manager, The Brenthurst Foundation
Mariam Cassoojee
Finance Manager, The Brenthurst Foundation
John Gowing
Machel-Mandela Fellow
Our advisory board
Olusegun Obasanjo
Former President of Nigeria; Chairman, The Brenthurst Foundation
Alberto Trejos
Former Minister of Trade; Professor INCAE, Costa Rica
Alfonso Prat-Gay
Former Minister of the Economy, Argentina
André Azoulay
Counsellor to H.M. King Mohammed VI, Morocco
Anna Diamantopoulou
Greek Politician and Public Figure
Barry Desker
Member of the Presidential Council on Minority Rights, Singapore
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Former President of Liberia and Nobel Laureate
Erastus Mwencha
Deputy Chair: Commission of the African Union, Kenya
Ernest Bai Koroma
Former President of Sierra Leone
Hailemariam Desalegn
Former Prime Minister of Ethopia
Jonathan Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Generations
Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
Former Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
Karim Anjarwalla
Managing Partner: Africa Legal Network, Kenya
Kgalema Motlanthe
Former President, South Africa
Mcebisi Jonas
Presidential Investment Envoy; Former Deputy Minister of Finance, South Africa
Nick Carter
Former Chief of the Defence Staff, United Kingdom
Polly Carr
Oppenheimer Generations
Richard Myers
Former Chairman: Joint Chiefs of Staff, USA
Rory Stewart
Former Secretary of State for International Development of the United Kingdom and Yale University Fellow
Torben Brylle
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to South Africa
Our associates
Christopher Coker
Professor, London School of Economics, UK
David Kilcullen
Counter Insurgency; Urban Development Expert, Australia/US
Dickie Davis
Special Advisor, The Brenthurst Foundation
Frank Rusagara
Former Military Historian, Rwanda Defence Force
Gordon Yekelo
Former General Officer Training Command, SANDF
Henry Sands
Strategic Communications Advisor
John McKay
Analysis International & Deakin University, Australia
Juan Carlos Echeverry
Former Minister of Finance and Public Credit; CEO Eco Petrol, Colombia
Knox Chitiyo
Africa Fellow, Chatham House, Zimbabwe/UK
Lawrence Swantner
Aviation Expert, US
Luis Membreno
Economic Analyst, El Salvador
Lyal White
Research Associate
Mark Pearson
Economist, South Africa
Mohamed Harun
Adviser to Minister of Tourism, Mozambique
Patrick Esnouf
Mining Expert, South Africa
Richard Gibb
Former Vice Chancellor, Abu Dhabi University
Rod Hagger
Former CEO, Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, Malawi
Susan Schulman
Freelance Photographer, US/UK
Theresa Whelan
Africa Defence and Security Issues Expert, US
Thomas Nziratimana
Co-founder and General Manager, TransAfrika Resources, DR Congo
Thomas Vester Nielsen
Senior Portfolio Manager, Lloyd George Management, Denmark