children birth_place parents birth_date spouse article_title name
amelia beatrix william cape town , south africa denis arthur barrington mills nanette mary how elliott 9 may 1962 janet margaret wilson greg mills
 gregory john barrington mills
greg mills

gregory john barrington `` greg '' mills -lrb- born 9 may 1962 -rrb- heads the brenthurst foundation , based in johannesburg , south africa .
the foundation was established in 2005 by the oppenheimer family to strengthen african economic performance .
from 1996-2005 he served as the national director of the south african institute of international affairs .
he has lectured at universities and institutions in africa and abroad , is on the visiting staff of the nato higher defence college in rome , and is a fellow of the london-based royal society of arts .
he has published numerous articles and books including : `` poverty to prosperity : globalisation , good governance and african recovery '' -lrb- tafelberg , 2002 -rrb- , -lrb- with jeffrey herbst -rrb- `` the future of africa : new order in sight ? ''
-lrb- oxford university press , 2003 -rrb- `` the security intersection : the paradox of power in an age of terror '' -lrb- wits university press , 2005 -rrb- `` from africa to afghanistan : with richards and nato to kabul '' -lrb- wits university press , 2007 -rrb- `` why africa is poor : and what africans can do about it '' -lrb- penguin books , 2010 -rrb- `` why states recover : changing walking societies into winning nations , from south africa to zimbabwe '' -lrb- hurst , 2015 -rrb- he is also widely published in newspapers and magazines including the international herald tribune , new york times , time , sydney morning herald , financial times , singapore straits times , die welt and politiken .
he is a research associate of the centre for defence and international security studies -lrb- cdiss -rrb- , a member of council and associate fellow of the royal united services institute for defence and security studies -lrb- rusi -rrb- , and a member of the international institute for strategic studies -lrb- iiss -rrb- .
he serves on a number of international editorial boards .
during 2006 , based in kabul , he served as the special adviser to the commander of nato forces in afghanistan , general sir david richards , and as the head of the strategic analysis `` prism group '' of the ninth international security assistance force -lrb- isaf ix -rrb- .
during 2008 he was on secondment to the government of rwanda as strategic adviser to the president .
in april 2008 he was appointed as a commissioner on the danish prime minister 's ` africa commission ' .
mills holds a ba honours from the university of cape town , and an ma and a phd from the university of lancaster .
he is married to the artist janet margaret wilson .
they have three children , amelia , beatrix , and william .
mills 's parents are denis arthur barrington mills and nanette mary how elliott .
he is the grandson of pre-war south african grand prix driver william arthur frank `` billy '' mills .
his other interests include restoring and racing historic racing cars , and he has co-authored five acclaimed books on southern african motorsport : `` for the love of it : john love and an era of southern african motorsport '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- `` springbok series : an era of sports and saloon car racing in southern africa '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- '' `` love first , tingle second '' ' : sam tingle 's motorsport scrapbook '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- ; '' `` pipes ! ''
david piper and the springbok series '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- . ''
`` paddy - who ? ''
a driver 's life of bikes and cars '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
