Tera is Director of Research and Economics in McKinsey’s United Kingdom and Ireland office, working closely with the McKinsey Global Institute. She leads McKinsey’s research on growth, productivity, innovation, technology adoption, and government effectiveness, bringing together deep expertise and more than two decades of experience in economics, public policy and leadership, as well as ten years as a management consultant focusing on corporate and business-unit strategy.

Tera is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. She is a frequent author, panelist, and speaker on topics ranging from economic development and innovation policy to technology adoption and the future of work. She serves as a trustee of the Royal Economic Society, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and the United Kingdom’s Productivity Leadership Group. She is also a member of a number of expert advisory groups on economic policy and innovation.

Tera was previously on the board of Innovate UK, the United Kingdom’s national innovation agency, and a member of the States of Jersey fiscal policy panel. From 2004 to 2014, she worked as chief economist in the UK government’s energy, transport and business departments. In 2018, Tera was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to economic policy.