Terence Flannery

Biography

Terence Flannery's educational and career path is a crisscross of time and geography with university studies on both coasts of the U.S., and professional experience working for American companies in both the U.S. and Europe and European companies in Europe and the U.S., in addition to working as a U.S. diplomat in various countries in Europe and North Aftrica.
Early on he interspersed employment with university studies stopping university to work in Germany and then a second time for military service as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. Following completion of his studies, his Air Force experience led to a sales position in the U.S. with Link, the company which invented flight trainers and simulators. A year later he was transferred to the corporate office in Paris to handle flight simulator sales in Europe This was followed several years later by a sales/marketing position with a large French engineering firm responsible for selling their services to U.S. companies expanding their manufacturing facilities in Europe.
From there he moved to another French company which transferred back to the U.S. Later he accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Commerce heading commercial sections in Paris, Algiers, London and Brussels where his mission was to assist American companies to set up overseas operations in these countries. Returning to the private sector in Paris he worked for an American communications and government affairs company. He has subsequently worked as a consultant on a variety of projects and since 2007 has been closely associated with The Wall Street Journal Europe Future Leadership Institute.

NOTICE
It is with great sadness  
that we announce the
death of Terence Flannery who passed away after a very
short illness on October 28th, 2009. No funeral ceremony was
held per his request.  Terence was cremated at Père  
Lachaise and his ashes were spread in the Jardin du
Souvenir next to the crematorium  (Remembrance Garden).

Terence was posted in Paris 1984-1988.  His next tours
were in Algiers, London and Brussels.  He retired from
the Foreign Commercial service at the end of 1997.
 
After his Foreign service retirement Terence resumed a
career in the private sector, working first for a lobbying
firm, then on different projects in Brussels, Belgium and
most recently, for The Wall Street Journal Europe Future
Leadership Institute.
 
Prior to his Foreign Service career, Terence served in  
the Air Force, then worked in the private sector for Link,
a flight simulator company in Binghamton,  NY.  This
company transferred him to Paris after which he worked
for a French Engineering firm for several years prior to
joining the Foreign Commercial service.
 
Terence was a very active member of the Embassy
Community along with his wife, Laurence.  

The 'announcement' of Terence's passing was published in the U.S Embassy Paris weekly publication, the monthly State Department Magazine and the Foreign Service Journal.