Following his graduation from the University of Manitoba Faculty of Business, Terry joined Royal Dutch Shell group in Canada, and began a career that saw him progress through 14 different roles over a span of 30 years. With a background anchored in marketing, Terry deftly moved through complementary assignments in logistics, supply, refining and business strategy. In 2004, he left his North American roots, where he was leading the marketing business with $6B year in revenues, and took up the challenge of leading Shell's initial foray into developing its downstream business following China's ascension to WTO. His role in Asia included business strategy, development and operation of Shell China's growing downstream business in addition to the Shell operations in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Terry’s achievements included creating more resilient and profitable retail businesses for Shell across Asia, mapping out the organic growth strategy for Shell China, and leading a major new JV with Sinopec off the ground. His team’s growth efforts in China netted a Shell global award in 2006. These experiences catalyzed his personal interest to live and work in China.

In 2007, Terry left Shell and started his independent business consultancy, where he provided subject area expertise regarding downstream oil and chemicals markets and portfolio shaping advice to industry players and the investment banking community. Terry Branched out from consulting into executive coaching in 2011, and for the last 10 years, has been devoted to developing higher quality global leadership in Asia. His clients are GM and above, country level in China or APAC regional heads, across a wide array of industries. His depth of personal experience as both a seasoned global leader and a tenured executive coach/consultant brings both breadth and depth to leadership thinking and behavior. To date he has worked with over 100 leaders in Asia Pacific, and in 2019 was one of the inaugural members or the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Leading Global Coach fraternity.

Disciplined in his work, and in his personal life, Terry is an avid cyclist, participating in a number of long distance biking treks in groups and solo. He enjoys natural environments, especially the opportunity to go scrambling, climbing, or hiking in backcountry settings. Adventure leaerning is an excellent metaphor for the challenges corporate leaders face. .