# MEDIA ADVISORY: Transparency Internationals new leadership meets the press TODAY at 1330 in Berlin

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/press/meet-transparency-internationals-new-leadership
Type: Press release
Published: 2014-10-19
Updated: 2020-04-07

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19 October 2014

Transparency International has a new chair, Jose Ugaz and vice-chair, Elena Panfilova. They were elected by the Transparency International Annual Membership Meeting on 19 October, 2014 with the promise to take strong, bold action in the fight against corruption.

They will be available to discuss the future of Transparency International this afternoon at 1.30 pm at the secretariat of Transparency International.

**Jose Ugaz,** chair of Transparency International, is a former president of the movement’s chapter in Peru and a leading anti-corruption lawyer who was instrumental in the corruption case against former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.

**Elena Panfilova**, vice-chair of Transparency International, is founder and chair of Transparency International Russia

**Cobus de Swardt**, managing director of Transparency International

When: 1.30pm Monday 20 October 2014

Where: Transparency International, Alt-Moabit 96, Berlin 10559 on the Third Floor

**For any press enquiries please contact**

Chris Sanders
T: +49 30 34 38 20 666
E: press@transparency.org