Timor Group
Israeli international political consulting firm founded by Adi Timor
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| Trade name | Timor Group; Timor Consulting |
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| Type | Private company (Israeli register: Adi Timor Consulting Ltd, company no. 515116309) |
| Founded | 30 July 2014 |
| Founder(s) | Adi Timor |
| Headquarters | Aloni Nissim 1, Tel Aviv-Yafo 6291915, Israel (registered address) |
| Industry | Political consulting; polling |
| Services | Strategic research, communications and campaign management |
| Homepage | timorgroup.com |
Timor Group, also known as Timor Consulting, is an Israeli political consulting firm led by the campaign consultant Adi Timor. It describes itself as "a leading international political consulting firm providing expert strategic advice and campaign management to high profile clients around the world", claiming to have "managed dozens of winning presidential, parliamentary and municipal campaigns on four continents".[1] Much of its reported work has been for parties and candidates in Africa, including in Botswana, Ghana, Malawi and Angola.[2][3]
Registration and website
Israel's company register lists Adi Timor Consulting Ltd (עדי טימור קונסלטינג בע"מ), company number 515116309, a private company incorporated on 30 July 2014 with a registered address at Aloni Nissim 1, Tel Aviv-Yafo.[4] In a 2016 newspaper column Adi Timor was described as "CEO of Timor Consulting".[5]
The footer of the timorgroup.com website reads "Created by Baobab Group", a Prague-based consultancy, and the site's images are served partly from a Czech preview domain.[1] An archived copy of the site from August 2018 carries the same credit.[6]
Services
The firm's website lists three areas of work:[1]
- Strategic research: quantitative, qualitative and open-source research
- Communications: planning and strategy, message development, speech and opinion writing, digital campaigns, media training and crisis communications
- Campaign management: establishing "campaign 'War Rooms'", staff recruitment and training, advertising and branding, field and digital campaigns and get-out-the-vote work.
Campaigns
Botswana (2014)
The Sunday Standard reported in May 2015 that the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) had clashed with "Israeli company, Timor Consulting" over payment for helping the party in the 2014 election. It cited intelligence sources as saying Timor had been recommended to the BDP by the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS), and reported that BDP secretary general Mpho Balopi said the services were rendered pro bono.[3]
Ghana (2016)
Africa Risk Consulting reported that Timor worked on Nana Akufo-Addo's winning 2016 presidential campaign in Ghana.[2] Timor wrote a column on the election for The Guardian of Nigeria.[5]
Malawi (2020)
The Jerusalem Post reported in April 2021 that Timor, "a political adviser with more than 10 years of experience in Africa", had worked as a political adviser to Lazarus Chakwera, elected president of Malawi in June 2020.[7]
Israel and Albania (2021)
The Times of Israel reported in May 2021 that Timor had worked for Gideon Sa'ar in Israel's March 2021 election, and that in Albania's April 2021 election she advised the opposition leader Lulzim Basha alongside Asaf Shariv, while Tal Silberstein, also a Sa'ar adviser, worked for Prime Minister Edi Rama.[8]
Angola (2022)
Africa Risk Consulting reported that the Angolan opposition party UNITA "reportedly hired Israeli political consultant Adi Timor" in February 2022, ahead of that year's election.[2] RFI reported on Angolan officials' allegations about UNITA's Israeli advisers.[9]
Polling in Israel
Timor Group has conducted polls for the Israeli news channel i24NEWS, including a survey of 1,123 Israelis published on 27 July 2024, two days after Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the US Congress, on voting intentions, fitness for prime minister, a hostage deal and whether a Trump or Harris administration would be better for Israel.[10]
"Great Replacement" report (2026)
Marc Owen Jones and Sohan Dsouza's October 2026 report Manufacturing the "Great Replacement" notes that Baobab Group built Timor's website at a time when the designer Shuki Duchovni led Baobab's design unit, and that Timor and Duchovni both worked on Sa'ar's 2021 campaign. The authors found no distinctive identifier match between the campaign's files and published material from Timor, Baobab or Duchovni, state that "work on the same national campaign does not make two vendors partners", and say Adi Timor had not been approached.[11]
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Timor Group, TIMOR GROUP – Leading international political consulting firm, timorgroup.com, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Africa Risk Consulting, Angola June 2022 – ARC Monthly Briefing, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sunday Standard, BDP, Israel Company clash over payment for election strategy, Sunday Standard, 10 May 2015, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ Taagidim (from the Israeli Registrar of Companies open data), עדי טימור קונסלטינג בע"מ – ח.פ 515116309, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Adi Timor, Observations from West African country's polls, The Guardian (Nigeria), 21 December 2016, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ Timor Group, timorgroup.com, archived 5 August 2018, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ Jerusalem Post, How are Israelis involved in African elections?, 8 April 2021, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ Tal Schneider, After Knesset election-rama, Israeli political advisers turn to Tirana, Times of Israel, 7 May 2021 (archived copy), accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ RFI, Angola: Unita contrata assessores israelitas, autoridades falam em espiões, RFI, 19 July 2022, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ i24NEWS, Sondage i24NEWS/Timor Group: Après son discours au Congrès, regain de popularité de Benjamin Netanyahou, i24NEWS, 27 July 2024, accessed 30 October 2026.
- ↑ Marc Owen Jones and Sohan Dsouza, Manufacturing the "Great Replacement": the full report, Dysinfluence, 29 October 2026, accessed 30 October 2026.