Greg Mills

Gregory John Barrington "Greg" Mills (born 9 May 1962) heads the Brenthurst Foundation, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Foundation was established in 2005 by the Oppenheimer family to strengthen African economic performance.

From 1996-2005 he served as the National Director of the South African Institute of International Affairs.^[1] He has lectured at universities and institutions in Africa and abroad, is on the visiting staff of the NATO Higher Defence College in Rome, and is a Fellow of the London-based Royal Society of Arts.

He has published numerous articles and books including:

• Poverty to Prosperity: Globalisation, Good Governance and African Recovery (Tafelberg, 2002), (with Jeffrey Herbst)
• The Future of Africa: New Order in Sight? (Oxford University Press, 2003)
• The Security Intersection: The Paradox of Power in an Age of Terror (Wits University Press, 2005)
• From Africa to Afghanistan: With Richards and NATO to Kabul (Wits University Press, 2007)
• Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It (Penguin Books, 2010)
• Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations, from South Africa to Zimbabwe (Hurst, 2015)

He is also widely published in newspapers and magazines including the International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Time, Sydney Morning Herald, Financial Times, Singapore Straits Times, Die Welt and Politiken.

He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies (CDISS), a Member of Council and Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI), and a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He serves on a number of international editorial boards.

During 2006, based in Kabul, he served as the special adviser to the Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Sir David Richards, and as the head of the strategic analysis Prism Group of the ninth International Security Assistance Force (ISAF IX). During 2008 he was on secondment to the Government of Rwanda as Strategic Adviser to the President. In April 2008 he was appointed as a Commissioner on the Danish Prime Minister’s 'Africa Commission'.

Mills holds a BA Honours from the University of Cape Town, and an MA and a PhD from the University of Lancaster. He is married to the artist Janet Margaret Wilson. They have three children, Amelia, Beatrix, and William. Mills's parents are Denis Arthur Barrington Mills and Nanette Mary How Elliott. He is the grandson of pre-war South African Grand Prix driver William Arthur Frank "Billy" Mills. His other interests include restoring and racing historic racing cars, and he has co-authored five acclaimed books on southern African motorsport:

• For the Love of It: John Love and an Era of Southern African Motorsport (2005)
• Springbok Series: An Era of Sports and Saloon Car Racing in Southern Africa (2006)
• "Love First, Tingle Second"’: Sam Tingle’s Motorsport Scrapbook (2006);
• "PIPES!" David Piper and the Springbok Series (2007).
• "Paddy - Who?" A Driver's life of Bikes and Cars (2009).

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