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Dickie Davis
Special Advisor, The Brenthurst Foundation
Associate of The Brenthurst Foundation
Major General (Rtd) Dickie Davis is an Associate of the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation, and the Managing Director: Nant Enterprises Ltd. Since leaving the British Army in 2015, where he served for 31 years reaching the rank of Major General, he has worked mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
During his military career he served extensively on operations in the Balkans (1995-2002) and in Afghanistan, commanding the first UK Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mazar-e-Sharif (2003), leading the ISAF Reconstruction and Development effort as Chief Engineer of ISAF IX (2006-07), and as Chief of Staff, Regional Command (South) (2009-10). In the UK he served as Director Plans, Land Forces (2007-2009), Director General, Army Recruiting and Training (2011-2013) and Director General, Personnel (2013-14).
He is a Vice President of the Institution of Royal Engineers, Chairman of both the Royal Engineers' Museum and the Royal Engineers Officers' Widows Society, and is Honorary Colonel of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (militia). He holds a first degree in civil engineering, a Master's degree in Defence Technology, is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and was appointed CB in 2015, CBE in 2004 and MBE is 1996.
Content by Dickie Davis

PUBLICATIONS
Where the Rubber Hits the Road - The Future Of African Cities
Archimedes Muzenda, David Kilcullen, Dianna Games, Dickie Davis, Emily van der Merwe, Greg Mills, Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno, Nchimunya Hamukoma, Nicola Doyle, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ray Hartley, Sarah Calburn
27 Jan 2020

PUBLICATIONS
Lagos: An Urban Everest
Dickie Davis, Nchimunya Hamukoma, Nicola Doyle, Sarah Calburn
4 Mar 2019

NEWS
Op-Ed: Getting Beyond Aid in Africa
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo
5 Dec 2017

NEWS
Op-Ed: Lagos, the relentless city
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills
24 Oct 2017

NEWS
Making Africa Work — some lessons for Donors
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills
5 Oct 2017

NEWS
Two Malawis, Few Opportunities, One Challenge
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo
21 Jun 2017

NEWS
Making Manufacturing Work In Africa
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills
6 Jun 2017

BOOKS
Making Africa work: A handbook for economic success
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst, Olusegun Obasanjo

NEWS
Book interview: This Is How We Grow Africa
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst, Olusegun Obasanjo
2 May 2017

NEWS
Polity's Sashnee Moodley and Greg Mills speak about his co-authored book on Colombia
David Kilcullen, David Spencer, Dickie Davis, Greg Mills
28 Feb 2017

PUBLICATIONS
Tswalu Dialogue Report - Future of African Cities
David Kilcullen, Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Terence McNamee
24 May 2016

PUBLICATIONS
The Zambezi Protocol: Result of a Dialogue on Natural Resource Policy in Africa
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo
28 Apr 2016

PUBLICATIONS
Many a Slip between Cup and Olympics - Brazil's uneven journey towards growth, inclusion and stability
Dickie Davis, Greg Mills, Lyal White
1 Feb 2016

BOOKS
A Great Perhaps? Colombia: Conflict and Convergence
David Kilcullen, David Spencer, Dickie Davis, Greg Mills