So he should make an ideal internal adviser to Gerstner as he makes strategic decisions.
He was made an "adviser to the president" on nuclear technology.
Merlin is made Cayleb's personal guardian and a de facto adviser to the king.
Dr. Khan was removed as head of the laboratory but was made a special adviser to the government, a post he was stripped of last week.
Sharashenidze was, instead, made a chief adviser to the Ministry of Defense of Georgia.
The concept makes sense to Mitchell Moss, an urban affairs specialist at New York University and an adviser to the mayor.
That made him a superb adviser on hard issues.
But she will be remembered as much for a quiet, effective style that made her a trusted adviser in the executive suite.
It made him a "special adviser" during his 10-month transition into retirement.
Following the 2003 invasion and overthrow of the Hussein regime, Flugge was made a senior adviser to the Iraqi agriculture department.