Teri O'Donnell
MEPRA Strategy Board Member and Founding Partner at Manara Global
Teri is a leading reputation management specialist with over twenty years’ global experience. Teri co-founded Manara Global in March 2019 with Robin Gordon-Farleigh, a veteran of the UK Government who worked at Number 10 Downing Street advising two UK Prime Ministers.
Throughout Teri’s career she has had the pleasure of working in a strategic advisory capacity for range of clients across the full spectrum of ‘purpose-led’ marketing and communications – insight and planning, executive positioning and training, narrative development and messaging, brand identity and architecture, culture and values consultancy, communications strategy and infrastructure development.
Previously, as partner at Freuds London, Teri counseled founders and boards belonging to some of the world’s biggest and most established businesses and brands – both public and private, across a range of industries; professional services, oil and gas, technology, energy, food and beverage, health and well- being. Teri worked with leaders who have had the ambition and commitment to make a positive difference on the world around us and she has successfully counseled and partnered with some of the world’s leading CEOs, founders, High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices in personal reputation building.
With a career spanning the globe from New Zealand to London, to the Middle East via the USA, Teri’s broad worldview, optimism and dedication is the key to her ability to always expand the possibilities for her clients, and deliver beyond their expectations.
Most recently Teri has been Managing Director in the Middle East for a global communications agency, working on business and government clients. Teri is on the Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA) strategy board, is on the board of Global Women in Public Relations (GWPW) MENA and is a committed professional mentor.
Teri very much believes that reputation is driven by great leadership and is representative of what a group of individuals do rather than what they say.