Conny Abel
Germany, Programme Coordinator
Conny came to TI in June 2005 as an intern in the Information Technology Department. She then joined the Communications Department as Communications Assistant handling requests from journalists, with a main focus on South Eastern Europe, and organising TI’s public appearance programme. From October 2006 until March 2007, she covered the position of the Public Procurement Programme Coordinator on an interim basis while continuing to work 50 percent in the Communications Department. From April 2006 until December 2007 she returned working full time in the Communications Department, before starting as Programme Coordinator with the Europe and Central Asia team. She is currently responsible for the region of South Eastern Europe, including the ex-Yugoslavian states, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Turkey. Conny holds a Master’s in Communication Science from the University of Dresden, Germany.

Kulan Amin
Germany, Programme Manager Poverty and Development
Kulan Amin joined TI in January 2007 as Programme Manager, Poverty and Development. Prior to joining TI she worked for over 5 years with the European Commission in India managing an extensive portfolio of bilateral projects in the field of rural development and environment in India and Bhutan and more recently a water sector policy support programme in Rajasthan. Between 1996 and 1999 Kulan worked for the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) projects in India providing capacity building support to NGOs engaged in the areas of sustainable livelihoods, natural resource management and micro-credit. As an independent consultant, she designed, reviewed and evaluated several projects. Alongside her studies since 1989 she was active in German and Indian NGOs addressing social and environmental aspects of development policies. Kulan studied in India, Germany and the UK and completed her MA in Public Administration (International Relations) from the University of Konstanz and a post-graduate course from the Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development in Berlin.

Leticia Andreu
Italy, Senior Programme Coordinator
Leticia joined TI in March 2000 and supported the work of a member of the Board of Directors, Jermyn Brooks. She later became the Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive until his departure in 2007. Leticia then supported TI’s Chairperson, Huguette Labelle, and coordinated the internal activities of the Secretariat Management Team. From 2004-2008, Leticia was responsible for both the Executive Support and Office Management Team. Now back from maternity leave (2008-2010), she joined the Communications team as a Senior Programme Coordinator and works closely with the Communications Director. Leticia comes from Italy and studied Linguistic and Translation at the Humboldt University, Berlin.

Myriam Aribot
Switzerland, Human Resources Coordinator
Myriam Aribot joined the Human Resources Department in January 2012. Prior to joining Transparency International, she was Senior Talent Acquisition Associate at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. She holds a Master of Science in Work Psychology from the University of Neuchatel, and she did a Bachelor degree in Psychology at the Universities of Lausanne and Montreal.

Yanina Avdyeyeva
Canada, Senior Programme Coordinator
Yana Avdyeyeva (Canada) has joined the AFME team to provide support to education projects and to undertake the development of an education strategy for the region. She has previously worked at several education development NGOs. Most recently, she worked as an Analyst at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada coordinating Canada’s engagement in the education work of UNESCO, OECD, and APEC. Yana has a Masters in European Studies from University of Toronto.



Michael Baab
USA, Senior Resources Coordinator
Mike Baab joined Transparency International in May 2011 as a senior resources coordinator for private-sector fundraising. Before joining TI, Baab was a project manager at The Danish Institute for Human Rights, where he conducted research and designed tools to help businesses improve their human rights practices in developing countries. Baab has also worked in a number of journalism and communications roles in the United States and the United Kingdom. Baab holds master’s degrees from University College London and Aarhus University.



Natalie Baharav
Austria, Communications Assistant
Natalie Baharav joined the Media and Public Relations Unit of the Communications Department in July 2010. She holds an MA in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and studied International Relations and Media Studies as an undergraduate. Prior to TI, Natalie gained experience working in communications for various organisations including International Alert, a peacebuilding NGO based in London.


Paul Banoba
Uganda, Senior Programme Coordinator
Paul joined TI in January of 2009 as a Senior Programme Coordinator in the Africa and Middle East Department to support good governance and anti-corruption efforts in the Service Delivery in the Health Sector in Africa. Prior to joining TI, Paul worked with the Panos Institute in Eastern Africa, where he coordinated the Regional Health Communications Programme. He has a background in Biological Sciences, Communication and Development Cooperation. His previous work includes Research, Communications and Advocacy Projects in Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV and AIDS and Tuberculosis and supporting Civil Society Organisations in Africa on issues of Participation, Ownership and Accountability in the response to HIV and AIDS.

Doris Bäsler
Germany, Programme Manager
Doris Bäsler joined TI in August 2006 as Programme Coordinator in the Africa and Middle East department. Since May 2007, Doris focuses on TI partners in West and Central Africa, and as Programme Manager is now also assuming overall responsibility for a regional programme on corruption in primary education as well as other cross-regional projects on transparency in basic service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. Doris studied languages and development economics at Heidelberg University in Germany, and has completed a Masters degree in international and comparative legal studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. She has worked as a programme administrator, campaigner and researcher in different regional and policy teams at Amnesty International’s International Secretariat in London; as well as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iraq, the DR Congo and Liberia. Prior to joining TI, Doris was head of mission for a British humanitarian organisation in the DRC.

Teun Bastemeijer
Netherlands, Manager of the Water Integrity Network
Teun Bastemeijer is the manager of the Water Integrity Network (WIN), an autonomous partnership initiative the secretariat of which is hosted by the TI Secretariat in Berlin. WIN aims to fight corruption in the water sector worldwide in order to reduce poverty. Teun has a background as a civil engineer from Delft University, specialised in Polder Development, water in relation to land use management and physical infrastructure planning. He has worked for almost 20 years in the water and sanitation sector as well as in integrated water resources management, and has over 30 years experience in work relating to development in international, government, civil society and academic environments. He has been a project manager, country director and senior advisor for the United Nations, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation as well as the International Water and Sanitation Centre IRC. He joined TI in April 2008.

Chris Becker
Germany, Assistant

Rachel Beddow
UK, Assistant Publications Coordinator
Rachel Beddow joined Transparency International's Communications Deparment in September 2011. Prior to Transparency InternationaI, she worked as a translator and editor at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. Rachel has a BA in English Literature from the University of Oxford, and an MA in Literature and Cultural Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin.

Priya Behrens-Shah
UK, Assistant Communications Coordinator, Media and Young Professionals
Priya Shah joined TI in January 2008. Prior to Joining TI she was an Intern at Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (London), where she reviewed the scope of achievements towards international water and agricutural targets, in preperation for input into the GPPN for CSD-16. Priya currently manages the WIN Small Grants Fund, a pioneering fund aimed at reinforcing the base of anti-corruption tools, methodologies and advocacy styles, relevant for fighting corruption in the worldwide water sectors. Priya is soon to complete a degree in International Studies, with a primary focus on International Development, Environmental Science and Urban Technologies. Priya is of Indian origin, born and raised in London. She speaks English, German, Hindi, Urdu and Gujarati.

Timm Büchner
Germany, Programme Coordinator
Timm Büchner joined the Climate Governance Integrity Programme as Programme Coordinator in September 2011. He has been working for NGOs and the GTZ (now GIZ) in international development and humanitarian assistance in places such as Kosovo, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He has been based in Berlin since 2008; working for the International Cooperation Department of the German Red Cross. Timm has a degree in Geography from the University of Cologne and a Masters in Development Management from The Open University, UK.


Stephy Burnett
USA, Country Profiles Editor
Stephy joined the Communications Department in January 2010. She has a BSc in Arts Administration with a minor in Religious Studies from Wagner College in New York. Stephy also studied the European Union at the IES Institute in Germany and later returned to Freiburg as a freelance editor. Her other previous work experience includes Fox News and a local development corporation in New York City in which she aided immigrant-owned businesses.

Annette Chemnitz
Germany, Human Resources Manager
Annette Chemnitz joined TI-S in January 2010. Before her arrival, she worked over 20 years in the hotel & catering industry for various multinational hotel chains in different cities such as Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, London and Dresden. She studied Hotel Management and Human Resources Management. Annette has held positions previously as Human Resources Manager and Director of Human Resources. She is responsible for the Human Resources Department and together with her team she supports the TI Secretariat staff with all relevant HR matters.

Marie Chene
France, Senior Programme Coordinator
Marie Chêne first joined TI in 1999 as the programme coordinator for French speaking African countries. Since 2007, she is operating the U4 Helpdesk in the Policy and Research Department. Prior to her time with Transparency International, she has worked with UNICEF in Zimbabwe as the communication officer for the HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme, participated in the United Nations International Civil Mission in Haiti, volunteered with the Missionaries of Charity in India and worked for a French TV network in Paris. Her qualifications include degrees in Public Health, Social Communication, Political Science, Information and Communication.

Thomas Coombes
Ireland, Senior Communications Officer
Thomas is TI’s speechwriter. He also works in the press department and manages TI’s blog. He joined TI in late 2010 from the European Commission, where he wrote speeches and press releases for the Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Before that he worked for various clients in the EU office of the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton. He studied history and economics at Trinity College Dublin, followed by a Human Rights MA.

Susan Côté-Freeman
Canada, Programme Manager
Susan Côté-Freeman is a Canadian who first joined the TI Secretariat in Berlin in 1997 as a programme officer for francophone Africa and a member of the public relations team. She then worked as co-ordinator of the Transparency International Secretariat's London office for three years. In September 2002, Susan joined TI (UK) as Director for External Relations and Communications, and continues to manage the Business Principles project for the TI Secretariat. She holds a degree in translation from Université Laval in Québec City, Canada.

Stan Cutzach
France, Governance Manager
Stan Cutzach studied in France, Australia and Germany and graduated in Economics, Law and Foreign Languages. A French national, he volunteered for the improvement of the prisoners' condition by working for the Lyon-based NGO, Observatoire International des Prisons. He has now been working for TI for over 10 years, during which his focus included supporting TI National Chapters in Africa, and later in Asia-Pacific, and the organisation of the IACC, the largest anti-corruption conference. As Governance Manager, he deals with the internal governance of TI as a global structure, facilitating internal policy development and ensuring compliance.

Hannah Deimling
Germany, Office Administration
Hannah Deimling joined Transparency International in July 2001 as a receptionist. Hannah is primarily responsible for processing incoming queries, as well as maintaining the address database. Before joining TI, she completed a training programme in the real estate sector after working at Dresdner Bank as a Loan Officer for 7 years. Prior to that, she worked as an economic analyst for 10 years at an international trade enterprise in the former GDR. She holds a degree in Business Administration.

Gillian Dell
USA, Global Programmes Manager
Gillian Dell studied law at the University of California-Berkeley and at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. Prior to joining TI she worked as a lawyer at a New York law firm, as a research fellow on international trade law issues at the Freie Universität Berlin, as a consultant at the United Nations and as a law lecturer and administrator at an American university in Berlin. She has also worked with several human rights organisations. In March 1997 she started to work part-time at TI to help with preparations for the 8th IACC and since October of that year has worked at TI in various departments and on a range of topics.
She is currently Programme Manager working on the TI programme Advancing International Conventions Against Corruption, which covers international anti-corruption instruments.

Krina Despota
USA, Contributing Editor
Krina Despota joined the TI movement in 2006 as a volunteer with the TI Ireland, and then moved to the Secretariat’s Global Corruption Report team, where she started as an intern and is now a Contributing Editor. Prior to this, Krina worked as a client advocate for a non-profit criminal defence agency in Harlem, New York, as an intern with an immigrant rights organisation in Ireland, and as a freelance radio journalist in California. She holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Barnard College, Columbia University, and an M.Phil in International Peace Studies from Trinity College, University of Dublin.

Harald Diesner
Germany, Financial Accountant
Harald joined TI-S in March 2008. He was employed with Deutsche Bahn for nine years and mainly involved in Change Management projects, developing and conducting commercial courses. He also has experience in Controlling through working for an architect. Besides, he works as a freelance Tango instructor and occasionally as Outdoor Trainer. He holds a diploma in business administration degree having studied in Paderborn, Nottingham (GB) and Minnesota (USA), with a specialization in Marketing and HR Management/Business Psychology.

André Doren
Canada, Group Director Advocacy, External Relations & Fundraising
André Doren joined as Director of Communications in 2008. Prior to Transparency International, André was Head of Communications and Resource Mobilization at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva. Previously he served as National Director of Public Affairs for the Canadian Red Cross, Director of Corporate Communications at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and as Director of Communications for Canada's Minister of International Cooperation and Minister Responsible for La Francophonie.

Monika Ebert
Germany, Finance Director
Dr. Monika Ebert joined TI-S in August 2003 as Head of Finance and IT, and was appointed Finance and HR Director in October 2004. Prior to joining TI, Monika worked for 9 years as Manager of Accounting, Administration and Human Resources for a Canadian real estate company. She studied History and German Language in Potsdam and Business Administration in Hamburg, graduating in Ethics.

Ben Elers
UK, Senior Programme Manager
Ben Elers joined TI in October 2003. He is currently responsible for the overall coordination of Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs) globally, as well as Organisational Development in relation to TI’s international project work. Ben previously worked for CARE International for a number of years, based in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He has also worked as an independent consultant and for a UBS foundation in Zurich.

Lisa Ann Elges
USA, Programme Manager
Lisa manages Transparency International’s Climate Governance Integrity Programme. She graduated International Christian University (Tokyo, Japan) in 1993 and completed her LL.M in international human rights law at the University of Essex (UK) in 1997. Living 12 years Japan, Lisa has also worked for the Japanese Parliament, the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation, UN Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism and human rights NGOs. She joined Transparency International’s Asia Pacific Department in 2000 where she developed the Forest Governance Integrity Programme. In her current role, Lisa serves as an observer on the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and represents TI at the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change), and the GEF (Global Environmental Facility) NGO Network. She directs the advocacy programme of AdaptationWatch and serves as advisor to the Adaptation Fund NGO Network coordinated by German Watch. She has authored written numerous analytical and technical papers on climate finance, corruption, governance and human rights. Meanwhile she is pursuing her PhD at the Environment and Policy Research Institute at Berlin’s Freie Universität. Lisa is married and has three children.

Marta Erquicia
Spain, Senior Programme Coordinator
Marta Erquicia joined TI as an Assistant Program Officer for the Americas department in November 2003. In 2005, she took up the position of Programme Coordinator for the Americas department and is mainly responsible for anti-corruption conventions, local governments and communications in the Americas. Marta began as an intern in the department from November 2002 to March 2003. Marta has also worked in journalism and public relations. She studied Communications in Spain and France.

Sophie Everett
Australia, Graphic Designer
Sophie Everett joined the Communications team in March 2010 after working as a graphic designer for the past 5 years. Prior to joining TI, she worked as the Senior Designer for a tourism and web solutions company in Pisa, Italy. Sophie completed her Bachelor of Design (Honours) degree in Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia.

Pascal Fabie
France, Group Director Chapters, Network & Programmes
Before joining TI Secretariat as Regional Director for the Asia Pacific Department in May 2006, Pascal Fabie was based in Hong Kong and worked in Asia Pacific region since 1994. From 2000 to 2006, he was a funding director and lead consultant of Aspiral Learning International, an independent management learning consultancy committed to ethical business practice, and serving organisations engaged in the advancement of sustainable development, social justice and environmental protection. Pascal Fabie graduated with a distinction in 2000 in a Masters degree of Responsibility and Business Practice at the School of Management of the University of Bath, UK. Before 2000, Pascal was Asia Pacific Regional Director for FT Knowledge, a business education provider part of the Pearson group. In his earlier career, Pascal worked in management positions with large multinationals in the IT, oil and telecom industries. His practice is grounded in Action Research and Co-operative Inquiry methodologies which he has practiced in his work in the past six years. He speaks with equal ease English and French and has basic notions of Spanish. Pascal is a member of the Association of Sustainability Practitioners (ASP) and represents TI on the advisory group of the ADB OECD Anti-corruption Initiative for Asia Pacific.

Craig Fagan
USA, Senior Policy Coordinator
Craig Fagan joined TI from the Poverty Group of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) where he worked as Policy Research Analyst advising countries on issues such as civil society engagement, monitoring and evaluation and Millenium Development Goal-based initiatives. Craig is from the USA and has lived in various parts of Latin America. He has an undergraduate degree in International Studies/Spanish from the University of Richmond (Virginia) and a master’s in International Affairs/Development Economics from SAIS-Johns Hopkins University (Washington, DC).

Servaas Feiertag
Netherlands, Programme Manager
Servaas Feiertag joined TI in January 2009 as a Programme Coordinator for the Africa and Middle East Department with a special focus on the development of ALAC’s in the region. Prior to joining TI Servaas has been working for the Center for International Legal Cooperation as senior project manager and legal consultant. He then concentrated on the development of legal aid services in Africa, on the strengthening of legal academic education in South East Asia and East Africa and various legal consultancy program assignments for donors such as the Dutch Government, EU, World Bank and the IMF. Servaas has published training manuals and legal articles about the Malian legal sector and holds a LL.M degree from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and has also studied law in Grenoble, France. Currently he is pursuing a MA in Public Administration.

Eric Fichtl
Ireland, Web Editor
Eric joined TI’s Communications department in March 2011. His previous work includes six years as Editor of Idealist.org, a year of web consulting with Minority Rights Group International, and several years in a variety of positions at the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). He also served as a reporter and associate editor with Colombia Journal. Eric has an M.A. in International Affairs from The New School (New York) and a B.A. in History from DePaul University (Chicago).

Sylvia Fiebig
Germany, Office Coordinator
Sylvia Fiebig had worked as a Secretary at the Data Processing department in an international transportation agency and in the managers office of a trading company in Berlin before she joined our team in May 1995. At the International Secretariat she started as secretary and was also in charge of accounting and personnel administration, and maintained the computer system as well. Since 1998 she has also been responsible for the technical and user application support of our information technology systems.

Andrea Figari
Argentina, Global Programmes Manager – Advocacy & Protection of Anti Corruption Advocates
Andrea holds a degree in Political Science, specialised in International Relations from the Catholic University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with post graduate studies in Harvard University’s Hauser Center for Non Profit Organisations. Since joining TI in 2003, Andrea has coordinated programmes in Americas department, and been part of the access to information and international conventions programmes in the Global Programmes Department. In June 2010 she joined the Advocacy Department, coordinating efforts to protect anti corruption advocates and developing advocacy elements to support TI’s work globally. Beyond TI, since 2006 Andrea is part of Steering Committee of the FOIANET, an international network of Freedom if Information Advocates. With a background on international environmental campaigning, she was a senior political advisor to Greenpeace and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), as part of the team that successfully campaigned for the protection of Antarctica from 1986 until 1999. After being involved in the UN Conference for Environment and Development, Ms Figari was appointed Executive Director for Greenpeace Argentina, from 1992 until 1994. During these years she did advocacy work in Latin America and coordinated national, regional and international campaigns for Greenpeace and ASOC in areas such as protection of biodiversity, global warming and banning of toxic waste trade. From 1994 until 2002 she was a consultant on organisational development and training for small and medium companies and entrepreneurs in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. She speaks Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Italian and French.

Frank Gabriel
Germany, Senior IT Professional
Frank Gabriel joined TI in November 2007. He has studied and worked in Germany. Prior to joining TI he works for several private companies and public organisations. All these jobs cumulate in IT experience of over 20 years. At the TI Secretariat he manages all aspects of the Information Technology.



Jesse Garcia
USA, Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer
Jesse Garcia joined TI as an editor in the press department in October of 2003. Born and raised in Munich, Jesse studied philosophy as an undergraduate at the University of California at Berkeley. His background includes a variety of press and publicity work and experience as a legal assistant. Before moving to Berlin, Jesse coordinated public relations activities for a small architecture firm in New York.

Michel Gary
France, Senior Programme Coordinator
Michel Gary coordinates the “Anti-Corruption: Delivering Change” project within the People Engagement Programme. Prior to this, Michel coordinated forest governance activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Between 2005 and 2008, Michel worked at the United Nations in Geneva, mainly at UNCTAD, organising training and capacity-building projects for Asian and African countries. He studied at the University of Strasbourg, France and holds a Bachelor in English studies and a Masters degree in International Relations, with a special emphasis on development projects and communication.


Mariya Gorbanova
Bulgaria, Assistnat Programme Coordinator
Mariya joined TI in September 2010 as Assistant Programme Coordinator of the Governance and Transparency Fund Programme. Prior to joining the secretariat, she was an intern with the International Defence and Security Programme based at TI-UK where she assessed and analysed levels of defence budget transparency across the world. Mariya holds an MA in Conflict, Security and Development from the War Studies Department of King’s College London.

Samantha Grant
USA, Programme Coordinator
Samantha Grant joined TI in June 2008. Prior to coming to TI she worked as a marketing manager and website administrator in China, where she lived for 6 years. She holds Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Sheffield in Chinese Business/International Relations and a BA in Politics, Law and Society from Simon’s Rock College. She also speaks Mandarin.

Deborah Hardoon
UK, Senior Research Coordinator
Deborah joined TI in February 2011, and is responsible for TI’s three main measurement tools, the Corruption Perceptions Index, Global Corruption Barometer and Bribe Payers Index. Prior to joining TI, Deborah worked as an Economic Planner in the Ministry of Finance, Lesotho. She has also worked for an NGO in Ethiopia and spent three years as a commercial analyst with BP. Deborah has an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Alice Harrison
UK, Communications and Advocacy Coordinator
Alice Harrison is Communications and Advocacy Coordinator for Transparency International’s Climate Governance Integrity Programme. Her role involves sensitising climate finance institutions, policy-makers, the media and members of the public to corruption risks in the financing and implementation of climate change-related projects, and advocating for the necessary reforms. Alice joined TI in 2010, after a few years spent working as a news writer for Deutsche Welle TV. She has a Masters degree in International Conflict Studies from King’s College London.

Arwa Hassan
UK, Senior Programme Coordinator
Arwa Hassan joined TI in 1998 as Press Officer for the Public Relations Department and Programme Officer for the Middle East North Africa region. Since 2002 she has been working almost entirely on the MENA region. Prior to joining TI, Arwa had worked in the business and journalistic fields for a variety of companies and organisations including Deloitte & Touche; BP; Agence France Presse and Siemens. Arwa Hassan holds a MA Honours Degree in Modern Languages from Cambridge, England. During her time at Cambridge she won a scholarship to the University of Heidelberg, where she studied for a year at the Institute for Translation and Interpretation. Arwa also holds an MA degree in English Literature from the University of Warwick, and speaks several languages.

Marlen Heide
Germany, Assistant Research Coordinator
Marlen Heide joined the Secretariat's Research Department in 2011 as an Assistant Research Coordinator. Peviously, she worked for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs on conflict resolution in the South Caucasus. Marlen has a BA in Social Sciences and Economics from Erfurt University and Bogaziçi University Istanbul, and a Masters in War Studies from King’s College, London.

Finn Heinrich
Germany, Programme Manager
Finn Heinrich joined TI’s Policy and Research Department in August 2008 to contribute to TI’s anti-corruption research tools with a focus on the National Integrity System Assessment. Prior to joining TI, he was the Director of Programs at the international civil society network CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and led CIVICUS’ work on the Civil Society Index Project. Finn holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from FernUniversität Hagen (Germany) and a master’s degree in Social Sciences from University of Mannheim and has published numerous articles and several books on civil society and governance issues.

Janek Hermann-Friede
Germany, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Janek joined the Water Integrity Network Secretariat as an Assistant Programme Coordinator in early December 2010. His key responsibility is the Thematic Programme Development in the field of adaptation to climate change in the water sector as well as with hydropower and dams. He also helps develop and implement WIN’s monitoring and evaluation framework. Janek is an environmental engineer and has a post-graduate degree in international development cooperation. Before joining WIN he worked in Tanzania conducting a baseline study on water supply and sanitation services in urban areas. Earlier he worked with water projects in Peru and Germany and was engaged in the evaluation of a development programme in Bangladesh. He further contributes a good understanding of bilateral development cooperation. Janek is fluent in German as well as in English and Spanish with basic knowledge of French and Swahili.



Andrés Hernández
Colombia, Senior Programme Coordinator
Andrés Hernández joined the TI movement in 2001, and worked in Transparencia por Colombia until October 2004. In July 2005 he joined the Americas Department at the TI Secretariat in Berlin. He holds a University degree in Government and International Relations from the Universidad Externado de Colombia, a Diploma of Political and Social Sciences from Sciences po Paris and a Masters Degree in Political Action and Citizen Participation from Univesidad Rey Juan Carlos, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. He is a founding member of Ocasa - a youth anticorruption organization in Colombia.

Max Heywood
Argentina, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Max joined the Americas Department in 2009 and is responsible for assisting in the project management of National Integrity System assessments in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bolivia and Guatemala, as well as for assisting the Economic Equality in Latin America (EELA) project. He was born in the UK and grew up in Argentina, where he worked as a researcher for the Economics Institute of the Cordoba Exchange. He holds a BSc in Economics from Utrecht University and an MSc in Public Policy in Latin America from Oxford University.




Robin Hodess
USA, Group Director Research & Knowledge
Dr. Robin Hodess joined TI in 2000 to establish the Global Corruption Report. Dr. Hodess was made Policy and Research Director at TI in 2004, and in January 2010 became TI's Group Director for Research and Knowledge. She came to Berlin from New York, where developed a programme on economic globalisation, "Justice and the World Economy" for the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. Prior to this, she taught media and politics at the Free University Berlin and Leipzig University (1997-98) and served as assistant director for international security programs at the Center for War, Peace and the News Media at New York University (1992-94). Ms. Hodess holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil in international relations from Cambridge University (UK) and a B.A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania (USA).

Florah Ikawa-Witte
Kenya, Resources Coordinator
Florah joined TI in May 2008. Prior to this, she worked as a researcher in various projects dealing with urban agriculture/ sustainability of urban projects in Nairobi and with civil society organisation for urban land rights in Cape Town. She also gave instructions in Urban Studies and taught Mathematics and Geography. Florah holds an MSc in Urban Management from Berlin University of Technology and a Bachelors in Education (Science) from Egerton University, Kenya. She is a member of the DAAD sponsored African Good Governance Network.

Markus Jurschitzka
Germany, Financial Accountant

Alexander, Jr Kambili
Malawi, Project Accountant
Alexander joined as Project Accountant with effect from June 1, 2010. Prior to joining TI, Alex was Programme Budget Officer of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) –Malawi as well as UNICEF Focal Point Officer in the Group for Economic and Financial Management (GfEM) in Malawi. Prior to joining UNICEF, he worked for two NGOs: the Council for NGOs in Malawi (the NGO umbrella body in Malawi) and the Story Workshop (a multi-media edutainment NGO), the Government (as Accountant of the Malawi Electoral Commission) and as an auditor with KPMG Malawi. Alex is an accountant by profession and has just embarked on his MBA (with University of Wales) Dissertation.

Casey Kelso
USA, Director Advocacy
Casey Kelso joined the TI Secretariat in Berlin as the Director for the Africa and the Middle East Department in December 2005. Prior to that, Casey was the Director of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers; a coalition which aims to prevent boys and girl’s recruitment and use in armed forces; to secure their demobilisation; and to ensure their rehabilitation and reintegration into their communities.
From 1994 to 2002, Casey worked in Amnesty International’s International Secretariat in London in various positions. Most recently, he held the position of Deputy Director for Africa; previously holding the positions of Southern Africa Researcher specialising on Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia and Botswana, acting Worldwide Communications Director and Senior Press Officer.
In 1991 Casey was granted a three-year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to pursue journalism in Southern Africa. He has also variously worked as a newspaper and radio reporter in the USA, a fraud investigator for the US Federal Court of San Francisco and as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer and cross-cultural trainer in Mali, West Africa.
Casey holds a bachelor’s degree with high honours in Development Studies with a concentration on Africa from the University of California – Berkeley. He was awarded a masters degree in Public Policy from Princeton University in 2001.

Eleanor Kennedy
UK, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Eleanor joined TI in October 2010 as Assistant Programme Coordinator in the Americas Department. Within this role, her time is divided between providing support to regional programmes within the department and supporting the Latin American countries taking part in the multi-country Governance and Transparency Fund Programme. Prior to joining the secretariat, Eleanor worked as a Grants Officer for London based NGO, Porticus, where she supported their Social Welfare programme through assessing and managing grant applications. Before this Eleanor worked for 1 year as a Programme Officer in the Global Financial Institutions Department of the UK Department for International Development. Eleanor holds an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from the Development Studies Department of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.


Anne Koch
Canada, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia
Anne Koch joined the Transparency International Secretariat in 2011 as Regional Director for the Europe and Central Asia Department. She previously worked as Deputy Director of the BBC English World Service.

Juliane Kühn
Germany, Human Resources Coordinator
Juliane Kühn joined the Human Resources Department in October 2011. She is responsible for general HR administration and payroll. Prior to joining Transparency International, Juliane worked in the Human Resources department of KPMG and Rolls-Royce Germany. She holds a diploma in sociology from the University of Dresden.



Astrid Laue
Germany, Financial Accountant
Astrid Laue has been working as accountant for different companies in even different cities in Germany, e.g. a publishing house in Munich, a school in Essen / Ruhr and a company for import and wholesales of phones in the Saarland area. She has been accountant for more than twelve years and gathered experience in controlling as well before she mooved to Berlin and joined TI’s finance team in January 2007.

Neal Limonte-Brett
UK, Project Accountant
Neal Limonte-Brett, having studied German with French at London University, came to Berlin in 1991 to start work setting up a German subsidiary of a major tool hire company in the UK. In 1993 he took over the role of company secretary/financial director until leaving the company in 2006. He started work for TI in March 2007 as Financial Accountant.

Patrick Mahassen
Switzerland, Resources Director
Patrick joined the TI Secretariat in September 2004, bringing fifteen years of experience in fundraising and communication - mainly gathered a the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Patrick represented the ICRC in Jerusalem, Riyadh, Colombo and Bangkok, apart from also being based at the headquarters, in Geneva. Before joining TI, Patrick was a Marketing Director in the private sector in Paris. He holds degrees in Marketing and Communication as well as in Business Management. Before shifting to the fundraising career, Patrick was a professional musician for more than ten years.

Alexandra Malmqvist
Sweden, Assistant Communications Coordinator
Alexandra joined the Water Integrity Network (WIN) in December 2009. Prior to that she was working for an event management organisation based in Berlin. Before moving to Berlin in early 2009, Alexandra lived in London where she studied Media Studies at the University of Westminster and Anthropology at Goldsmiths College. She has worked in London for a large publishing group as well for an online advertising agency. She is currently studying a Master in Communication for Development at Malmö University, Sweden. Alexandra is responsible for the coordination of both online and print publications as well as support work on various media projects at WIN. Alexandra is fluent in French, Swedish and English and possesses basic knowledge of Spanish and intermediate knowledge of German.



Miklos Marschall
Hungary, Deputy Managing Director
Miklos Marschall (1953) joined TI as Director for Eastern Europe in July 1999, and now serves as Deputy Managing Director, and as responsible Director for International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC). Before joining TI, from 1994 through 1998, he was the founding executive director of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, a global network of NGOs and foundations to promote civil society. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as deputy mayor of Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Marschall was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow in 1988/89 at Yale University. He graduated as an economist from the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences in Budapest in 1977. He received his doctorate from the same university in 1984.

Claire Martin
Ireland, Programme Coordinator
Claire joined Transparency International in 2011 as Coordinator for the REDD+ Project (Full title: Preventative Anti-Corruption Measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Project). Focusing on the three countries of Vietnam, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, Claire has led the development of a risk assessment manual for national REDD+ development and forest carbon projects. In 2012, in addition to supporting the on-going piloting of this manual, Claire will be preparing for a REDD+ best practice conference in which work being undertaken on devising anti-corruption measures for REDD+ can shared. Prior to joining TI, Claire spent two years working with UNDP Timor on their Climate Change portfolio, particularly on their NAPA process and four years working on agriculture and rural development for an Irish based NGO. She has a degree in Law and German from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters in Development Studies from University College Dublin.


Robert McCarthy
USA, Senior Resources Coordinator
Robert McCarthy joined the Secretariat in 2011 as Head of Major Donors. Before coming to Transparency International, he was Head of Major Donor Development at Amnesty International UK. Prior to this, he was a major donor fundraiser at several UK universities, including the London School of Economics, Imperial College London, and Oxford. Robert has a BA in History from Wesleyan University in the US.


Angela McClellan
Germany, Senior Programme Coordinator, Global Outreach and Campaigns Department
Angela is responsible for TI’s global advocacy work, in particular coordinating TI’s G8 and G20 Advocacy Working Group and external stakeholder outreach. She is also the advocacy liaison person for TI’s private sector team and works on financial transparency issues. Furthermore, she coordinates TI’s work on preventing corruption in humanitarian assistance. Angela joined TI in September 2006 as assistant to Managing Director Cobus de Swardt. She holds a diploma in political science with a specialization on international relations from the Free University, Berlin. She has studied and worked in Germany, France, Italy and the USA. Prior to joining TI she was working as a Project Assistant at the Development Policy Forum, InWEnt Capacity Building International.


Andy McDevitt
UK, Research Coordinator
Andy joined TI in February 2011 as research coordinator for the GATEway project. Before joining TI, he was based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK, working as a research officer for DFID’S Governance and Social Development Resource Centre. Prior to that, he worked as project coordinator for Friends of the Earth Scotland and as an English language teacher in Europe and Latin America for 6 years. Andy holds an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh (UK) and an MA in Hispanic Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Jana Mittermaier
Germany, Head of TI Liaison Office to the EU, Brussels Belgium
Jana Mittermaier is representing Transparency International as Head of Brussels Office at the EU level in Brussels. She joined TI in June 2006 and coordinated the anti-corruption programme for South East Europe and Turkey. In addition to working on specific projects such as the Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre project in Western Balkan countries, Jana had country responsibilities for all South Eastern European countries. Immediately prior to joining TI, Jana worked as political desk officer in the European Correspondent’s Office of the German Federal Foreign Office. She contributed to the coordination of the ministry’s contribution to the EU Common Foreign / Security Policy in Brussels. Before that, she worked for three and a half years as Senior Public Administration Reform Advisor in the OSCE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. She contributed to the development and management of a country-wide capacity-building project in the area of public administration reform advocating systemic reform in municipalities and regional governments. Jana holds an Master of Science (MSc) in European and International Politics of the Edinburgh University in Scotland, U.K.


Sara Morante
Italy, Programme Coordinator
Sara Morante joined TI in January 1998 as Programme Officer for South East Europe (SEE) after an internship period. She was responsible for establishing the network of TI Chapters in South East Europe. In addition she coordinated the capacity-building programme for the SEE national chapters and a programme on access to information and conflict of interest in the Western Balkans. Her country responsibilities also included Italy, Greece and Turkey. Prior to joining TI, Sara had worked as a legal assistant for an international law office and a research centre in Rome. In this capacity she focussed on the implementation of EU banking and investment law directives in the EU member states. Sara holds an LL.M. degree from the European Academy of Legal Theory in Brussels and Tampere (Finland) and a law degree from the University La Sapienza in Rome (Italy). She is currently Programme Coordinator for Western European countries.


Suzanne Mulcahy
Ireland, Programme Coordinator
Suzanne joined the Policy and Research Department in June 2009 working in the area of anti-corruption monitoring tools. She is currently research coordinator for a large-scale research and advocacy project which entails assessments of the National Integrity Systems in 23 EU Member States. Prior to joining TI, she worked in academia and as a research consultant for TNS mrbi, a market and social research company in Ireland. Suzanne completed her PhD in Political Science at University College Dublin in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin and also holds an M.A. in European Studies from University College Dublin.

Omnia Nabil Hussien
Egypt, TI Egypt Programme Coordinator
Omnia Nabil Hussien is a management and senior level result oriented professional with extensive background in international and bilateral donor organizations. Ms. Hussien is currently Transparency International’s Egypt Programme Coordinator. Her previous work experience included: Corporate responsibility advisor for a private international company where she worked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. In 2004, she was the Community Development Director with ACDI VOCA in Iraq Community Action Programme for two years. She previously spent six years with the United Nations World Food Programme as a Programme Coordinator and Gender/Participation focal Point. Her professional experience also includes four years work with DANIDA/ Carl Bro Management and capacity building work with CIDA. She has worked in Egypt, Yemen, Italy, Denmark and Iraq.

Manoj Nadkarni
India, Programme Manager Forest Integrity Programme
Manoj Nadkarni is the Programme Manager for the Forest Integrity Programme in the Asia-Pacific Department of Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin. He has a background in environmental governance and research; and has worked in areas such as traditional resource management and livelihoods, environmental aspects of corporate social responsibility, biodiversity and water and sanitation. His main interests are the connection between development and environmental concerns. He has worked in India and other countries with environmental NGOs, academic institutions and governments. Dr Nadkarni and has two degrees in Zoology and a Ph.D. in Environmental Philosophy.

Rukshana Nanayakkara
Sri Lanka, Senior Programme Coordinator
Rukshana joined the Asia Pacific Department of TI in January 2011 as Senior Programme Coordinator for South Asia. Prior to joining the secretariat, he worked as the Deputy Executive Director of the Sri Lanka national chapter. Before joining the TI movement he taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo. Rukshana is a Fulbright Scholar and a Summer Fellow of the Centre for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law of Stanford University, USA. He holds two LLM degrees, one from George Washington University in International and Comparative Law and another from the University of Hong Kong in International Human Rights. He obtained his LLB from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Farzana Nawaz
Canada, Programme Coordinator
Farzana Nawaz is the coordinator and editor of the Anti-Corruption Research Network – a global knowledge network for corruption researchers and practitioners. Farzana joined the Transparency International (TI) Secretariat in March 2008. Her work with TI has focused on international asset recovery, international legal instruments and corruption and gender. Prior to joining TI, she worked as a researcher in the fields of law, economics and public policy. Farzana holds Bachelors degrees in Mathematics (specializing in Computer Science) and Economics from the University of Waterloo. She is currently on sabbatical leave from a Juris Doctorate programme in legal studies at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada.




Annegret Neth
Germany, Chief Accountant
Annegret Neth studied at the Commercial College for foreign trade and payments in Berlin to become an Economist for foreign trade. After working in several commercial functions she passed the examination to become an Certified Accountant at the chamber of commerce and industry in Berlin. After working 9 years as a Manager for the financial and accounts department at a service enterprise she joined the finance team in January 2004.

Tinatin Ninua
Georgia, Political Corruption Programme
Tinatin joined Transparency International Secretariat in 2008. Prior to joining TI she worked for the UNDP project on capacity enhancement of electoral administration and citizen participation in the electoral processes in Georgia. She also consulted the Black Seat Trust for Regional Cooperation, project of the German Marshall Fund on the grants programme and civil society outreach in the South Caucasus, covering Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. As a program coordinator at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Tbilisi, for three years she worked extensively on democracy assistance programs, including political party building, parliamentary strengthening, voter education and women’s political participation. At different times she was part of various domestic and international election observation missions.
Tinatin has studied public administration at the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi and political science at the University of Richmond, USA. She holds a master in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.


Anja Nowak
Germany, Human Resources Administrator
Anja Nowak joined the Human Resources Department in August 2010. After her Diploma in Business Administration with a specialisation in Marketing and environmental Business Politics in Berlin she lived in Scotland for 9 years working as Team Leader and Process & Project Manager for a multinational IT company. Her key working areas included Data Protection & Data Security, Opportunity Management and Solution Design and Delivery. Before joining TI-S she worked as an Executive Assistant and Human Resources Coordinator in Berlin.

Anja Osterhaus
Germany, EU Projects Coordinator
Germany, Anja Osterhaus joined TI in June 2009 as EU projects coordinator. She is responsible for TI’s projects on whistleblowing, statutes of limitations, and for a research project about Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs). Before joining TI, she represented the International Fair Trade movement, leading the Brussels-based Fair Trade Advocacy Office. She also worked for the European NGOs Solidar and Kairos Europa, based in Brussels and Heidelberg, respectively. Anja studied political science and international relations in Berlin and Mexico City, and holds a masters degree in political science from the Free University in Berlin.

Roberto Pérez-Rocha
Mexico, International Anti-Corruption Conference Manager
Mexico, International Anti-Corruption Conference Manager
Roberto Pérez-Rocha joined TI on October 2003 as Program Manager for the Corruption Online Research and Information System and a few months later was appointed Online Communications Manager. Since January 2006 he is managing the International Anti-Corruption Conference Series.
From 2000 to 2003 he lived in Barcelona where he did PhD studies on Political and Social Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University, participating in various research projects. During this time he did volunteer work for the Catalan Federation for Non Governmental Organizations. From 1993 to 2000 he worked in different areas of the Mexican public sector including the ministries of Social Development, Agriculture & Rural Development and Interior. Roberto holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and a Bachelors degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana in México.



Manuel Pirino
Italy, Programme Coordinator
Manuel came to TI as an intern in the ALAC programme in 2008. He then joined the AFME department, where he now works Programme Coordinator on the Middle East and North Africa region projects. More specifically, he is tasked with the project management of the ACTION programme on Access to Information, which is being implemented in Egypt, Morocco, Palestine and Yemen. He holds an MA in Languages and Literature with a special focus on Arabic history and a Postgrad. Master in Project Cycle Management.


Thom Quine
Canada, Manager, Web Communications and Publications
Thom Quine is TI´s Manager of Web Communications and Publications, and is currently leading the Web and Publications team in a visual and functional redesign of the TI Secretariat website. Before joining TI, Thom spent four years as the Manager of Print, Web, and Multimedia for legal aid in Vancouver, Canada. Thom has a Masters´ degree in Educational Technology, and has been a consultant in the field of information design for print and Web for more than 20 years throughout North America, for USA Fortune 200 firms such as Cisco, AT&T, Humana, and Bell, as well as for a host of Internet start-ups from Silicon Valley to New York City. Thom also has extensive expertise in instructional design, education, training, and human performance improvement technologies. He joined TI in August 2009.

Liao Ran
China, Senior Programme Coordinator
Liao Ran joined TI in 2000 and is Programme Officer for South Asia and China. Mr. Liao has a BA in Law from the College of Foreign Affairs in China and an MA in Politics from the University of Oslo. Before coming to TI he worked in a wide variety of areas, including development agencies, academic think tanks, government institutions and in the private sector. Mr. Liao was also a journalist writing for various leading newspapers and journals in Norway, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Zoe Reiter
USA, Senior Programme Coordinator
Zoë Reiter joined TI in May 2008 as Programme Coordinator in the Americas department. As a consultant for over 12 years at the Ford Foundation, she had the opportunity to work in a variety of capacities such as coordinator of their Global Fund for Woman and Social Change, working with the Senior Program Officer in Religion and program officers from the Foundation’s offices around the world to assess how diversity is understood and deployed as a goal of the Foundation’s grant-making; and program consultant for portfolios that supported university research in the US and globally, which tied in to the programming interests of the Foundation. She has also consulted directly to the Executive Director of The Christensen Fund, a global philanthropy supporting bio-cultural diversity that primarily funds indigenous groups in the area of cultural rights and expression and ecological stewardship, coordinating the hire of nearly all of the Foundation’s program staff. Zoë has a joint Masters Degrees in community and regional planning and Latin American studies and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at Columbia University.

Sandra Ricciardo
Germany, Personal Assistant to Peter Eigen and Jermyn Brooks

Alejandro Salas
Mexico, Regional Director for Americas
Alejandro works as Regional Director of the Americas Department. Alejandro joined TI as Programme Officer in September 2002.
He lived in Peru from 1998 to 2002 where he worked as a researcher and consultant at the Instituto Apoyo, a Peruvian think tank specialised in institutional reforms and governance issues. From 1993 to 1996 he worked in various areas of the Mexican public sector, including the Secretary of Social Development and the Senate of the Republic. Alejandro holds a degree in Political Science from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and a M.A. degree in Public Policy and Administration from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands.

Chris Sanders
USA, Media and Public Relations Manager
Chris Sanders joined the Secretariat in 2011 as the Media and Public Relations Manager. Before coming to Transparency International he managed a team of reporters and editors covering markets across the Americas at Reuters in New York. Before that Chris worked for Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun and the New York Public Library.

Nikola Sandoval
Philippines, Senior Programme Coordinator
Nikola Sandoval joined the Asia Pacific Department in January 2005 and is responsible for coordination with national chapters and contacts in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Before joining TI she worked for several international and nongovernmental organisations. Nikola was born in the Philippines and holds a Masters Degree in International Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London (UK).

Svetlana Savitskaya
Belarus, Programme Coordinator
Svetlana joined the TI in September 2007 as the Programme Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Independent States & Mongolia. Originally from Belarus, Svetlana holds an MA in English and German Languages from the Minsk State Linguistic University, as well as a Master of Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. She has previously worked with international companies operating in Belarus, as well as with USAID and the US Department of State to implement nationwide women’s leadership projects. Svetlana has also managed the implementation of the work of German consultants and Belarusian experts providing technical assistance in economic policy to the Belarusian government.

Janine Schall-Emden
Germany, Programme Manager
Janine joined TI in March 2011 as the Manager of the programme Anti-Corruption: Delivering Change. Janine’s past work has focused on the coordination of multi-country initiatives, participatory research and evidence-based advocacy projects. She has also worked as a consultant for multilateral institutions such as the UNDP and lived in South Africa while working at CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation on the Civil Society Index Project. She has also worked as a researcher and development worker in Latin America and West Africa. Janine holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.

Larissa Schuurman
Germany, Assistant to Senior Management
Larissa Schuurman first joined Transparency International in 2008 as an intern in the Governance Unit, and began her full-time position in February 2009. Prior to joining TI, Larissa worked in trade fairs and event management in the private sector, in particular as marketing coordinator for CeBIT Australia. Larissa holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Sydney and a Bachelors Degree in European Studies from the University of London. Larissa was born in New Delhi, India and has lived for extended periods of time in Tunisia, South Africa, Great Britain, France, Australia and Germany. She speaks English, German and French.


Inken Seltmann
Germany, Governance Coordinator
Inken Seltmann joined the Governance Unit in July 2007. As Governance Coordinator and Personal Assistant, Inken is responsible for the communication with the Committees of the International Board of Directors, and supports the Vice-Chair of the Board. She is also responsible for the development of a contact database. In 2006, she co-organised TI's Annual Membership Meeting in Guatemala. Her prior experience includes working in the Good Governance Unit of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), where she was employed in the supra-regional Sector Project against Trafficking in Women. Inken holds a master’s degree in Spanish Philology and Theatre Sciences from Humboldt University and Free University Berlin.

Brendan Sharkey
Ireland, Senior Programme Coordinator, Collaborative Solutions
Brendan Sharkey joined Transparency International in 2011, working first in the Governance Department and later in the Communications Deparment as Senior Programme Coordinator for collaborative solutions. He previously worked for several years as a Software Engineer and freelance contractor for various companies. Brendan studied Software Engineering at Cork Institute of Technology, and has an MA in International Relations from Dublin City University.

Sunanda Shubhakara Rao
India,
Before Sunanda joined the secretariat in July 2010, she worked as an Assistant Accountant for 15 years with the US Army/US Airforce and eight years with the British Council in Berlin. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Mysore in India and has studied Mathematics, Physics and Statistics. She is a certified accountant at the chamber of Commerce and Industry in Berlin. Sunanda is of Indian origin, and has been living in Berlin since 34 years. She speaks English, German, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada Telgu and Punjabi.

Michael Sidwell
UK, Editor, Print and Online Publications
Michael Sidwell joined the Communications Department in October 2007. He holds a Bachelors degree in German from the University of London and has studied History and Politics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Prior to TI, Michael gained experience as a freelance editor and writer in the fields of science and business media, broadcasting and public relations.

Cobus de Swardt
South Africa, Managing Director
Cobus de Swardt is a South African sociologist whose work experience spans the fields of globalisation, development policy, international relations and multinational business management. His academic experience includes teaching at universities in South Africa, Australia, Japan and Germany. He has also worked for multinational corporations, trade-unions and research institutes in managerial and research-related capacities in various countries. During the 1980s and early 1990s he was active in the anti-Apartheid struggle in South Africa chairing the ANC in Cape Town. From May 2004 to May 2007 Cobus de Swardt was Director for Global Programmes at Transparency International (TI). In June 2007 he was appointed Managing Director.


Gareth Sweeney
Ireland, Programme Manager
Gareth joined TI in May 2010 as Chief Editor of the Global Corruption Report. Prior to joining TI, Gareth was Deputy Manager of the International Programme at the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) in Geneva, where his work focused on strengthening engagement of human rights defenders with the universal periodic review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council and the UN human rights treaty bodies. He was also formerly manager of ISHR’s Information Programme, and Senior Legal Officer at the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre in Delhi. Gareth holds an MLitt in history from University College Dublin and an LLM in international human rights law from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Marie Terracol
France, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Marie Terracol joined Transparency International's Conventions Programme in 2010. Prior to Transparency International, she was an intern with the Permanent Mission of France to the UN in Vienna and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She studied Law at the University of Aix en Provence and UCL (University College London).

Anna Thayenthal
Austria, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Anna Thayenthal joined TI in June 2008. She holds a master in sociology and political science and has extensive experience in youth work. Prior to joining TI, Anna worked on the “Work for Peace”- project at the Weltfriedensdienst. Anna was born in Vienna and speaks German, English, French and Spanish.

Sergej Tscherejkin
Russian Federation, Senior Human Resources Coordinator
Sergej Tscherejkin joined TI in January 1996 as Programme Officer for Eastern Europe and the FSU. From 1998 he worked as Programme Officer for Central & Eastern Europe, and the Baltic States. Since June 2000, he has also been serving as Human Resources Officer and in November 2004 he took up a full time position in the Human Resources Team of TI-Secretariat.
Sergej holds BA and MA degrees from the Moscow Pedagogical University.

Chantal Uwimana
Burundi, Head of Sub Saharan Africa
Chantal Uwimana, a Burundi national, is the Program Officer responsible for Eastern and Southern Africa at the Transparency International (TI) Secretariat in Berlin. Ms. Uwimana has extensive experience in the field of social development. Within this context, she worked in the area of rural micro-finance in Burundi, in Belgium on the social integration of refugees and in the Gambia on poverty alleviation. Before joining TI-S, Ms. Uwimana worked for Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in the UK as Placement Adviser in the Business and Management Team and for John Snow International-UK (Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health) as a Program Officer. She holds a Masters Degree in Development Policy and Management from the University of Antwerpen in Belgium and is fluent in English, French, Flemish, and Kirundi.

Ronald Visser
Netherlands, Senior Resources Coordinator
Ronald Visser joined TI in January 2009 as Senior Resources Coordinator. Ronald holds a Masters in Contemporary History of Central and Eastern Europe and worked in Macedonia, Serbia, South Africa, England and his native Netherlands before joining TI. His earlier assignments focussed on a range of topics, including support to independent media, strengthening civil society organisations, and humanitarian assistance. Over the last years Ronald focussed on resource development and worked with a range of donors, including the European Commission, USAID, the UK Department for International Development, Irish Aid and the United Nations.

John Warnes
UK, Assistant Programme Coordinator - Public Contracting
John Warnes came to TI as an Intern in the Europe and Central Asia department in late 2010 and has since joined the Research and Knowledge group assisting with the Public Contracting programme. Prior to working with Transparency International, John completed a Traineeship in the Information, Society and Media Directorate-General in the European Commission, worked as a Parliamentary Assistant to a Member of the House of Commons in the UK and as a Communications assistant for a German technological company based in Munich. He completed his undergraduate degree in Politics at the University of Bath, UK.


Dieter Zinnbauer
Germany, Programme Manager
Dr. Dieter Zinnbauer joined TI in March 2007. He has served as Chief Editor of the Global Corruption Report until February 2009 and now co-ordinates TI’s work on emerging policy issues. Prior to joining TI Dieter worked as policy analyst and research co-ordinator for a variety of organisations in the field of development, democratization and technology policy, including UNDP, UNDESA, and the European Commission. Dieter has an MSc in Economics from the University of Regensburg, Germany, a PhD in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and has held post doctorate fellowship positions with the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, Oxford University, the US Social Science Research Council and the London School of Economics.

Christina zur Nedden
Germany, Assistant Communications Coordinator
Christina zur Nedden joined Transparency International's Communications Department (online) in March 2011. Before TI she worked in the communications department of the UN Association Germany and a PR agency in Berlin. She has a BA in European Studies from Maastricht University and an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.