Oliver McTernan

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Person.png Oliver McTernan Companies House LinkedIn OpenCorporatesRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(priest, businessman, spook?, deep state operative)
Oliver McTernan.jpg
BornJuly 1947
ResidenceFrance
NationalityUK
ReligionRoman Catholic
Founder ofForward Thinking, UK/Council on Foreign Relations
Member ofCauseway Institute for Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution, Institute for Statecraft, UK/Council on Foreign Relations
Interests • religion
• violence
Spooky priest with a range of hats, including director of the Institute for Statecraft and "a large network of political/community contacts in Middle East and North Africa."

Employment.png Senior Adviser

Dates unknown
EmployerClub of Madrid
Former.

Employment.png Director

In office
January 2004 - Present
EmployerForward Thinking
Preceded byYves Bertrand

Employment.png UK/Council on Foreign Relations/Director

In office
16 February 2010 - 1 July 2013
Preceded byGary George Gray

Employment.png Institute For Statecraft/Director

In office
27 February 2008 - 15 August 2023

Oliver James McTernan is a spooky UK priest/businessman and suspected deep state operative. His Linkedin profile described him as of 2019 as "Experienced mediator in conflict situations. Active in promoting inter-cultural dialogue. Widely travelled with a large network of political/community contacts in Middle East and North Africa."[1] He was a director of the Institute for Statecraft from 2008 until it was officially wound up in 2015. He was listed as a trustee as of January 2019.[2] He attended the 2023 WEF AGM.

Activities

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"In 2002, he initiated and participated in the first official high-level post conflict talks between NATO and the government in Belgrade."

Until founding Forward Thinking, McTernan was a Roman Catholic priest based in the diocese of Westminster, having previously worekd in Islington and Notting Hill.

Oliver McTernan founded Forward Thinking and was director of the group.[3]

Activities

McTernan founded Forward Thinking. He is a former director of the UK/Council on Foreign Relations. He was a director of the Institute For Statecraft from 2008 until the group was officially closed in 2023.

Publications

  • Violence in God’s Name - an exploration the role of religion in an age of conflict.


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023Switzerland
World Economic Forum
The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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