What
Who
How
Why
Where
Public diplomacy & business development. France, Asia & Africa.
At Terranova: we work at the nexus between business and public policy. More than consultants, we are partners in business, international investment and development, with a special albeit non- exclusive focus on Africa, Northern Asia and Southern Europe.
We are facilitators
We help our partners to overcome the obstacles in their international investment and development goals, by finding opportunities and creating competitive advantage. Since our creation, we have become a partner of choice for international organisations, public institutions, Fortune 500 companies and small private firms alike, working at the crosshairs of business and government affairs.
Terranova draws upon the experience of its founder and CEO, Valérie Terranova, and her experience in the management of international projects gained from working for 20 years with France's highest authorities and since 2007 as advisory to a wide range of public and private stakeholders.
Valérie Terranova - Founder and CEO
Valérie is active in the space of public diplomacy & business development with considerable experience in France, Africa and Asia and vast knowledge of dynamics of these regions.
Valérie has 30 years of cumulated experience in working with governments, international organisations and corporations.
· A graduate of France’s National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (Inalco) and visiting scholar at the Institute of Advanced Studies of National Defence (IHEDN), Valérie has been a Special advisor to President Jacques Chirac for more than 20 years. With a keen perception of soft power challenges, she played a leading role in the facilitation of economic, intercultural and political exchanges between France and Asia (namely China and Japan) as well as with France and the broader Francophone world.
· Valérie left public life in 2007 and founded her strategic consultancy firm with an aim of leveraging her knowledge, experience and multi-sector international network in the service of organisations and firms in France and around the world, with a particular but non exclusive focus on Japan and the African continent.
· Valérie is an independant director at Ecobank International (Ecobank group).
Meet our founder 
Our team constantly works to propose tailored solutions for our clients and partners. In respect of the rules of compliance and discretion, we lay the groundwork for success by:
Providing intelligence (what’s the environment, the competition, mapping of the actors, the challenges in the sector/country…)
Facilitating operations (identification of best local partners, organisation of meetings, assisting in negotiations, risk assessments, logistics arrangements…)
Putting together a strategy (right messaging, build positive environment, how to overcome hurdles…)
How we can help
Since its creation, Terranova has provided strategic counsel to a range of public and private institutions such as Shanghai Universal exhibition organisation committee, Tokyo Olympics candidature committee, Japanese top 5 trading company, world’s top 5 biggest energy utility company, French fast growing investment fund, French long term investment public fund, Japanese top 5 public work company, Japanese top 3 financial services company, worlds’ top 5 car manufacturer, Morocco’s capital goods and industrial supplies leader, World Health Organisation, among others…
We connect people, we find solutions, worldwise
We value people, imagination, innovation, humor
We place cross-cultural understanding at the heart of our work
We prioritise bankable projects that make this world a better place to live in
We feel at home everywhere, especially in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas!
We think we are generous, smart, agile, reliable
We move
FAST
!
We think outside the box
We do care about the details
We connect the right people and the right projects
When we don’t know, we search
Our Manifesto
We know how to reach the best experts to address complex issues
Our Manifesto
We deliver
Operating in different cultural environments can prove extremely challenging. Building on our rich experience in intercultural dialogue, we provide advice on how best to adjust approaches and tactics as well as develop strategies to ensure that efforts yield effective and long-lived gains.
In-depth Intercultural Understanding
Ability to decrypt Political and Institutional decision-making
No two countries are alike. Companies need to grasp the specific political and institutional logics that shape the regulatory environment and inspire local business decisions. Thanks to our in-depth experience of the political and institutional worlds, we can help adjusting to local conditions, save time and avoid missteps. We think glocal.
The ever-changing dynamics of power as well as the economic relationships between developed and emerging economies are increasingly hard to understand. Keeping an eye on innovation, we constantly monitor the economic and political landscape with a view of detecting major trends and identifying investment opportunities.
Staying ahead of political and business developments
Operating in different cultural environments can prove extremely challenging. Building on our rich experience in intercultural dialogue, we provide advice on how best to adjust approaches and tactics as well as develop strategies to ensure that efforts yield effective and long-lived gains.
No two countries are alike. Companies need to grasp the specific political and institutional logics that shape the regulatory environment and inspire local business decisions. Thanks to our in-depth experience of the political and institutional worlds, we can help adjusting to local conditions, save time and avoid missteps. We think glocal.
The ever-changing dynamics of power as well as the economic relationships between developed and emerging economies are increasingly hard to understand. Keeping an eye on innovation, we constantly monitor the economic and political landscape with a view to detecting major trends and identifying investment opportunities.
We create values, worldwise
Paris
+33 6 81 67 98 68
87 Boulevard Saint-Michel
valerie@weareterranova.eu
Tokyo
6-1-8-303 Kitashinagawa
+81 90 9800 3031
Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0001
Japan.
France.
75005 Paris