Committed to the vision of businesses, communities and ecosystems thriving together.
At ThirdWay Partners, we embrace a new way of investing that transcends the traditional divide between philanthropy and purely economic returns. We call this approach “Thinking Anew.”
Our geographies
Sustainability on the Global Stage
Today, we live in a fast-evolving environment and the world we know is on the precipice of a change which will affect the livelihoods of every one of us. It is the time to act. Combining our expertise we rethink the status quo and create innovative solutions that bring around systemic change on the global stage.
Our Team
We are a People Business.
We pride ourselves on our team’s diversity, representing a multitude of cultures and languages, which works together collectively as a unit to create impact for our clients and ourselves. As a group of lateral thinkers, we strive to solve some the world’s most pressing problems, and ensure we push the boundaries to create and scale sustainable, impact-led businesses.
Adriano Uaeca Junior
Associate Director
- Location - TWP Mozambique
- Team - Advisory
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Diverse work experience within the energy industry, in engineering and non-engineering roles, within complex EPC projects.
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Spent four years running an SME in Mozambique.
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MBA from INSEAD and BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Eduardo Mondlane University.
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Fluent in Portuguese and English, intermediate in French, and basic in Spanish and Turkish.
Asmaa Reznara
Analyst
- Location - Morocco
- Team - Advisory
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Previously a strategy and management consultant at Capital Consulting for 2 years, during which, she worked on several projects in the public sector, mainly pertaining to roadmap conception, strategy planning, and process reengineering. In the private sector, she assisted clients with their digital transformations, feasibility studies, and business planning.
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Completed a Master’s degree in Marketing and Business Strategy from the National School of Business and Management of Settat, including a year as an exchange student at the Scott College of Business at Indiana State University.
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Native Arabic and French speaker, fluent in English and foundation level Spanish
Regino Duque
Legal associate
- Location - TWP Spain
- Team - Operations
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Law degree from University of Navarra and Business Law Diploma, taught in collaboration with professor from the IESE Business school.
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Double Masters in Access to the Legal Profession and Corporate Law from University of Navarra.
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Worked in the legal sector in Spain. Advising national and international companies in the regulatory and financial sector.
Murray Smith
Director
- Location - TWP South Africa
- Team - Advisory
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Murray joins ThirdWay Earth with over 10 years of business and consulting experience across Africa
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In his former roles as Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and as Head of Strategy at Mars Hill Capital, he worked across both the Public and Private sectors focusing on strategy development and business transformations
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Prior to this he lived and worked in Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression as the Environmental and Community Relations Manager on a remote Potash mine site
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Murray holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics and a Masters in Development Studies, with a focus on sustainable livelihoods
Craig Saunders
Finance and Operations Director
- Location - TWP South Africa
- Team - Asset Management
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Craig spent the first 3 years of his career with KPMG in Johannesburg, predominantly auditing companies within the consumer markets and technology sector.
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He worked for Deloitte, mainly focusing on the audit of hedge funds, private equity funds as well as fund administrators.
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He later transitioned from audit to hedge fund administration with MUFG Investor Services, where he was responsible for the administration and financial reporting of a portfolio of Funds.
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Craig is a Chartered Accountant of South Africa, a Chartered Financial Analyst, as well as a Certified Financial Planner.
In leaving behind the construct of traditional philanthropy in contradistinction to exclusively economic returns, a new paradigm arises.
At the frontier of this new paradigm, we are enabling a ThirdWay of investing. Through our advisory and asset management services, we facilitate a conversation between private capital, large development organizations and regional governments assisting them in finding new models of cooperation for sustainable development.