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Teresa Clarke’s career spans global finance, institution building, media leadership, and philanthropic governance. Across sectors, her work has centered on long-term stewardship, global engagement, and shaping institutions that endure.

Executive Leadership

Chairman, CEO & Executive Editor

Africa.com

  • Leads one of the world’s largest digital media platforms focused on Africa

  • Oversees editorial strategy, global partnerships, and institutional growth

  • Builds cross-border conversations on business, policy, innovation, and culture

  • Guides Africa.com’s evolution in an AI-shaped media landscape


Global Finance & Investment

Former Managing Director

Goldman Sachs

  • Nearly two decades of leadership in global investment banking

  • Structured and executed major capital markets transactions

  • Worked across emerging and developed markets

  • Advised institutional clients on long-term financial strategy


Governance & Institutional Stewardship

Chair

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

  • Provides fiduciary oversight and strategic leadership

  • Supports world-class scholarship and global cultural engagement

  • Advances institutional resilience and long-term sustainability


Advisor

Harvard Business School Digital Data Design Institute (D^3)

  • Advises on strategy at the intersection of digital technology, data, and design

  • Contributes to preparing future leaders for a rapidly evolving global economy


Philanthropic Leadership

Founder

Student Sponsorship Programme (SSP), South Africa

  • Established scholarship program supporting high-potential South African students

  • Built a sustainable donor and alumni network

  • Focused on education as a pathway to long-term opportunity


Chair

Friends of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC)

  • Supports one of South Africa’s leading public interest law organizations

  • Strengthens governance, fundraising, and global partnerships

  • Champions constitutional rights and access to justice


Advisory Council Member

Human Rights Watch (Africa Division)

  • Supports human rights advocacy across the African continent

  • Engages in global dialogue on rule of law and institutional accountability


Harvard Service

  • Harvard College graduate

  • Harvard Business School graduate

  • Harvard Kennedy School graduate

  • Former member, Harvard Business School Alumni Association Board

  • Active service through Episcopal Chaplaincy and University advisory roles


Media & Public Thought Leadership

  • Moderator of global forums featuring heads of state, business leaders, and cultural figures

  • Speaker on leadership, narrative power, Africa’s global role, and institutional responsibility

  • Advocate for informed, principled global engagement