# Video from Transparency International’s new leadership URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/video-message-from-transparency-internationals-new-leadership Type: News Published: 2014-10-24 Updated: 2022-09-08 --- 24 October 2014 José Ugaz and Elena Panfilova were elected Transparency International’s new chair and vice-chair at the anti-corruption movement’s 2014 annual membership meeting in Berlin. Ugaz and Panfilova bring decades of anti-corruption experience with them, both nationally and internationally. Ugaz prosecuted several top-level corruption cases as Peru’s ad-hoc state attorney. Most notably, he was instrumental in the corruption case against former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos, the former head of the country’s intelligence services. In 2002, Ugaz became president of [Proética](https://www.proetica.org.pe/), Transparency International’s chapter in Peru. He has served on Transparency International’s board of directors since 2011. Panfilova founded Transparency International’s [chapter](https://transparency.org.ru/) in Russia in 1999, serving as its executive director until July 2014, when she became the chapter’s chair. She was a visiting expert at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and became a member of the Russian Governmental Commission on Open Government where she chaired the working group on anti-corruption policy. Panfilova has served on Transparency International’s board of directors since 2011. Both Ugaz and Panfilova have been actively engaged in the development of Transparency International’s long-term [strategy](https://www.transparency.org/en/strategy-2015-previous-strategy) to increase its global voice against corruption and engage more people around the world in that fight. Most recently, they have played a key role in shaping our new Unmask the Corrupt campaign to deny safe haven to the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains. They are passionate about spreading the anti-corruption message and about holding the corrupt to account. For any press inquiries please contact ### You might also like... ## [Anti-corruption gaps are leaving democracy in Europe exposed](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/anti-corruption-gaps-leaving-democracy-europe-exposed) News • 15 September 2026 Too many European countries are failing to effectively implement and enforce their anti-corruption laws, while several are rapidly backsliding. ## [COP Talks: Formal Delegations, Informal Access](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cop30-formal-delegations-informal-access) News • 14 September 2026 Our analysis of EU delegations found 63 fossil fuel-linked representatives accredited through nine EU Member States at COP30, raising concerns over transparency and influence in… ## [Transparency International 2025: while corruption spreads, here's proof change is possible](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/transparency-international-2025-while-corruption-spreads-heres-proof-change-is-possible) News • 17 July 2026 Corruption still involves envelopes of cash under tables in many countries. But it's also evolving. Transparency International's 2025 annual report shows how corruption is taking… ## [Financial intelligence units: Powerful tools against corruption if governments let them work](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/financial-intelligence-units-powerful-tools-against-corruption) News • 24 June 2026 Financial intelligence units can help expose corrupt money flows – but only if governments give them the powers, access and independence to do the job.