Advisory council

The Advisory Council is a group of individuals with extensive experience in the areas of Transparency International's work. They come from diverse geographical, cultural and professional backgrounds. The council is appointed by the Board of Directors to advise them and to support the work of the organisation as a whole.

The members of our Advisory Council are:

Peter Eigen, Chairman of the Advisory Council (Short bio)
Germany
Founder and former Chair of Transparency International
EITI Special Representative and member of the African Progress Panel

Paul Batchelor
United Kingdom
Chairman of Crown Agents and Former Deputy Chair of Global Geographies, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Peter Berry
United Kingdom
Former Chairman of Crown Agents

John Brademas
USA
President Emeritus of New York University

Jimmy Carter
USA
Former President

Ugo Draetta
Italy
Professor of International Law, Catholic University of Milan
Former Vice President of General Electric Company

Mohammad ElBaradei
Egypt
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Dolores L. Español
Philippines
Former presiding Judge of Regional Trial Court

Dieter Frisch
Germany
Former Director General for Development at the European Commission

Ekaterina Genieva
Russia
Director General of State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow

John Githongo
Kenya
Vice president of policy and advocacy, World Vision International
Former Permanent Secretary for Ethics and Governance in the office of the President, Kenya

HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Jordan
Founder of the Royal Institute of Interfaith Studies
Former President of the Club of Rome

Fritz Heimann
USA
Founding Member of Transparency International

Kamal Hossain
Bangladesh
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Irene Kahn
Bangladesh
Former Secretary General of Amnesty International,
Director-General of the International Development Law Organization,
Chancellor of the University of Salford, UK

Tawakkol Karman
Yemen
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
President of Women Journalists Without Chains

Michael Kirby
Australia
Former Justice of the High Court

Goh Kun
Korea (South)
Former Prime Minister and former Mayor of Seoul

Pascal Lamy
France
Director General of the World Trade Organisation
President of Fondation Notre Europe
Former Trade Commissioner of the European Union

Ronald MacLean Abaroa
Bolivia
Former Mayor of La Paz
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ira Millstein
USA
Senior Partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Festus Mogae
Botswana
Former President

Kumi Naidoo
South Africa
Executive Director of Greenpeace

Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria
Former President

Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah
Mauritania
Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa
Former Executive Secretary of the Global Coalition for Africa

Khun Anand Panyarachun
Thailand
Former Prime Minister
Chairman of Siam Commercial Bank PCL

Devendra Raj Panday
Nepal
Former Finance Minister of Nepal and Human Rights Advocate  

Hartmut Ruppel
Namibia
Board of Trustees of the Members of Parliament
Former Attorney General

Augustine Ruzindana
Uganda
Former Member of Parliament

Soli J. Sorabjee
India
Former Attorney General

Virginia Tsouderos
Greece
Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Jessica Tuchman Mathews
USA
President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Frank Vogl
USA
Former Vice-Chairman of Transparency International
President of Vogl Communications, Inc

Joe Wanjui
Kenya
Chancellor of University of Nairobi

Richard von Weizsäcker
Germany
Former President

Michael Wiehen
Germany
Former Executive of the World Bank and Attorney