Conny Abel
Germany, 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.

Marie-Luise Ahlendorf
Germany, Senior Programme Coordinator
Marie-Luise Ahlendorf joined Transparency International in 2004 to support TI’s Executive Management team, and has since then been involved in a variety of programmes, including the Water Integrity Network of which TI is now hosting the Secretariat. Most recently she became the Programme Coordinator of the global programme to address corruption in humanitarian assistance which aims at developing mechanisms to mitigate corruption in humanitarian relief operations. Prior to joining TI, Marie-Luise worked in Ghana with a UK-based NGO on peer mediation issues. She holds a Masters Degree in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Queensland, Australia.


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
Germany, Team Coordinator, Assistant to Huguette Labelle (on leave)
Leticia joined TI in March 2000. After starting as receptionist, she soon took over the assistance to a member of the Board of Directors, Jermyn Brooks, and also the office management. For the past four years she worked as Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive while maintaining responsibility for the office management. After the Chief Executive had left TI in May 2007, Leticia took over the assistance to the Chair Huguette Labelle. In her capacity as Senior Coordinator of Executive Support Leticia leads the Executive Support Team. As Senior Office Coordinator she has overall responsibility for the Office Management Team. She also coordinates internal activities of the Secretariat Management Team. Leticia was born in Chile, grew up in Italy and moved to Germany in 1991 to study Linguistic and Translation at the Humboldt University, Berlin. She is currently on leave.

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.

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.

Francesc Bellaubi
Spain, Programme Coordinator
Francesc Bellaubi joined TI-S in January 2009 as Programme Coordinator in the Africa and Middle East Department supporting the anti-corruption efforts in service delivery in the water sector. For the past 10 years, Francesc has been working with several international organizations, research institutions and development agencies on water resources management and engineering, as well as water governance issues in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Francesc holds a MSc in Agricultural Management and Environment from Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM) in Montpellier, France.

Patrick Berg
Germany, Programme Coordinator
Patrick Berg joined TI in 2008. He has a background in political science and sociology and has worked extensively on human rights, democracy and good governance issues in a number of African countries. Prior to joining TI, Patrick worked as a diplomat for the German Foreign Office and the European Commission as well as a freelance political analyst.

Jermyn Brooks
UK, Chair, Business Advisory Board
Jermyn Brooks is the Chair of the Business Advisory Board of Transparency International's Private Sector Programme after acting both as Executive Director and CFO after he joined the organisation in 2000 and subsequently as a member of the international Board. His responsibility for TI’s private sector initiatives includes the involvement on the design of the AML standards of the Wolfsberg banking group, the Business Principles for Countering Bribery and other specific industry-focused initiatives. He is a member of the board of PACI (Partnering against Corruption Initiative) that has been initiated by leading CEO's at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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.

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.

Stan Cutzach
France, Governance Manager
Stan Cutzach was born in Lyon, France, and graduated in Economics, Law and Foreign Languages at the Université Jean Moulin, Lyon III. Parallel to his studies, he volunteered for the improvement of the prisoners' condition by working for the French Lyon-based NGO, Observatoire International des Prisons. After one and half year in Melbourne, Australia, where he completed the fourth and final year of his degree, Stan moved to Berlin, Germany, to teach French and, in February 1999, joined Transparency International. Following the preparations of the 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), he joined TI's South East Asian Department in October 1999. He was appointed Officer for Governance Structures in March 2001, now predominantly focussing on the Board of Directors, Advisory Council and other matters of internal governance such as TI's Annual Membership Meetings.

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.

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, Assistant Project Coordiator
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 Assistant Project Coordinator. 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.

Rebecca Dobson
UK, Contributing Editor, Global Corruption Report
Becky Dobson joined the Global Corruption Report team in July 2007. Becky has been working as an editor for a monthly legal journal and a non-profit Children’s Legal Centre. Becky has a Master in Law and Development from Warwick University and a Bachelor in Geography from Durham.

André Doren
Canada, Director of Communications
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.

Jessica Eitelberg
Germany, Personal Assistant to the Chair and Senior Management
Jessica joined TI in March 2008. Jessica has worked on a freelance basis as a translator, a tourist guide and holding seminars on global issues for young people at the Berlin Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, the American Jewish Committee and the RAA Brandenburg. Prior to coming to Berlin, she worked as the Membership Officer for the International Fair Trade Association. Jessica holds a Masters in Ethnic and Migration Studies and a Bachelor in International Studies and Political Science. She has lived in Germany, Australia, the USA, Britain, the Netherlands and Colombia.

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 Ann Elges is an international human rights lawyer, and technical expert on governance and public policy issues in East and Southeast Asia. She joined TI in 2000 and from 2001-2003 was a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Negations of the UN Convention against Corruption. Before coming to TI, Lisa worked for two years as legal advisor and programme manager with the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation in conjunction with the United National Asia and Far East Institute from the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders. She has also worked extensively in Japan and has published numerous articles on human rights issues in Asia.
Lisa graduated International Christian University in Tokyo in 1993 and worked at the both in the Japanese Parliament as a foreign legal advisor and in a managing role for three human rights NGOs. She completed her LL.M. in International Human Rights Law at Essex University (UK) in 1996 and returned to Japan to serve as Editor-in-Chief for the International Movement Against All Forms of Racism and Discrimination NGO (1996-98). She has two 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 in the Americas and communications. 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. Marta is currently on maternity leave.

Pascal Fabie
France, Regional Director for Asia Pacific
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 Anto-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 Coordinator
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.

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
Andrea Figari joined TI in March 2003, as Programme Coordinator at the Americas department. Since 2005 she is TIs expert on Access to Information, and in 2006/7 she managed the Forestry Integrity Network. In 2008 she joined TI’s efforts to promote the UN Convention against Corruption and leads TIs efforts to protect anti corruption advocates. She holds a degree in Political Science, specialised in international relations from the Catholic University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. From 1986 until 1999 she was a senior political advisor to Greenpeace and the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, as part of an international team focusing on international treaties and conventions, such as the UN Convention for Environment and Development and the Antarctic Treaty. Ms Figari was also the Executive Director for Greenpeace Argentina, from 1992 until 1994. During these years she also held regional press and public relations positions in Latin America and coordinated national, regional and international advocacy and political campaigns for Greenpeace and other coalitions of NGOs. 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.

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, Programme Coordinator
Michel Gary joined Transparency in March 2009 within the Forest Governance Integrity Programme, in the Asia-Pacific Department. He coordinates the implementation of the first phase of the programme, which focuses on the development of tools to map, analyse and fight corruption. From 2005 to 2008, Michel worked at the United Nations in Geneva, mainly at UNCTAD on training and capacity-building projects for Asian and African countries. This included project management tasks, as well as taking part in the development of new training materials. 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.

Laura Granado
Spain, Assistant Programme Coordinator
Laura joined TI in 2008, first working in the Public Contracting Programme. She brought several years of international multidisciplinary experience including project management of donor-funded projects in economic development consultancies and international trade advice in two Spanish Embassies in Eastern Europe. Laura has lived and worked for extended periods of time in Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France. She was born and raised in Madrid, Spain and speaks Spanish, English, French and German as well as fair Italian and basic Russian.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Management & Business Administration from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Focusing on international affairs, she spent one year at the École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen, France. Laura also completed a Postgraduate Course in Institutional Development from the Open University, UK.

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.

Gypsy Guillén Kaiser
Dominican Republic, Media and Public Relations Manager
Gypsy joined the communications team in February 2006 after several years working as a journalist and in the private sector in New York. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York, Gypsy earned her degree in journalism and mass communications from New York University. She has worked as an editor for Dow Jones Newswires and as a reporter and editor for other Spanish and English language news media in New York. Her marketing background comes from six years of experience in the private sector working for an international money transfer company. She has also worked as a freelance editor and translator in English, Spanish and German.

Arwa Hassan
UK, Senior Programme Coordinator (currently on leave)
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.

Finn Heinrich
Germany, NIS Senior Programme Coordinator
V. Finn Heinrich joined TI in August 2008 to coordinate TI’s work on the National Integrity System Assessments and other national-level assessment tools. 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 degree in Social Sciences from University of Mannheim and is currently completing his Ph.D. thesis on measuring and analysing the strength of civil society around the world. He has published numerous articles and books on civil society issues.

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.

Robin Hodess
USA, Director of Policy and Research
Dr. Robin Hodess, TI's Director of Policy and Research since December 2003, joined TI in June 2000 to manage the Global Corruption Report. She came to Berlin from New York, where, since 1998 she had been a program officer for the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, responsible for the Council's program on economic globalization, "Justice and the World Economy", since 1998. 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, Assistant 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

Vanesa Jäger-Salazar
Peru, Accounting Coordinator (on leave)
Vanesa studied accounting at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Norte in Trujillo and was employed at Coca-Cola in Peru. Afterwards she worked for five years in Italy before coming to Germany. She joined the TI team in February 1998. After two years in the position as Management Assistant in April 2000, she became part of the accounting team. Currently she is on maternity leave.

Tamara Kamhawi
Jordan, Program Coordinator
Tamara Kamhawi joined TI in 1994 until 2006 and then re-joined in 2009 as a Programme coordinator for the Middle East North Africa region. Prior to joining TI, Tamara had worked with a variety of UN agencies as a consultant in Jordan including UNIFEM, UNICEF and other international organizations as a PR Officer such as INJAZ-Program Creation of Economic opportunities for Jordanian Youth by Save the Children-USA and the European Jordanian Initiative for The Development of Enterprise (EJADA / EU). She also worked in Ramallah with PECDAR Palestinian Economic Council for development and reconstruction. Tamara Kamhawi holds an MA Honours Degree in Spanish from St.Andrews University, Scotland, MA in diplomatic studies from Westminster University, England and was awarded a scholarship from Christian Albrechts University (CAU), Kiel for an MSc in multi media management. Tamara Kamhawi is currently enrolled as a PhD student at CAU – focusing on democracy and reform in the Middle East.

Angela Keller-Herzog
Canada, Global Programme Manager for Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs)
As of September 2007 Angela Keller-Herzog has taken on the challenge to globalize the ALAC approach in the TI movement and she also leads the Judiciary Advocacy Working Group. She joined TI in August 2006 as Manager of Global Programmes. Prior to TI she spent 3 years in Indonesia working with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in poverty reduction and development. Angela first joined the CIDA in 1996 and has over 10 years development experience in Asia and Africa and also extensive sectoral experience including private sector development, economics of development, gender analysis, environmental and natural resource management issues and climate change. She also has substantive professional experience working in the private sector as a consulting economist. Angela began her career working with NGOs – CODE and the Canadian Hunger Foundation. Angela holds a Masters degree in Economics from Carleton University, Ottawa and a Joint Honours degree in Political Science and Economics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

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.

Nüket Kiliçli
Germany, Accounting Coordinator
Nüket Kiliçli studied German, Biology and Business Management in Berlin. She joined TI as accountant in July 1997 after she spent a few months at the International Secretariat as an intern.

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.

Frédéric Lesné
France, Assistant Programme and Research Coordinator
Frédéric Lesné joined Transparency International Secretariat in January 2009 as an intern in the Africa and the Middle East department where he assisted the regional team with the implementation of two major multi-country programmes. Frédéric is currently Assistant Programme and Research Coordinator, working exclusively on the Africa Education Watch Programme in charge of the financial and research components. He holds a M. Phil in development economics from the CERDI university (Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Dévelopement international) and a M.S. in project management from the same university

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.

Miklos Marschall
Hungary, Regional Director Europe and Central Asia
Miklos Marschall (1953) joined TI as Director for Eastern Europe in July 1999, and now serves as Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, 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.

Angela McClellan
Germany, Executive Assistant to Managing Director
Angela joined TI in September 2006 as assistant to Cobus de Swardt, Global Programmes Director. Angela 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.

Ivan Minić
Serbia, Senior Research Coordinator
Ivan Minić joined TI in January 2009 to work on a regional anti-corruption project in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining TI he was working as a research analyst for an international marketing research company for several years. From 2003 to 2005, Ivan was supporting REN-LAC, a local anti-corruption NGO in Burkina Faso, West Africa, doing research and capacity building.


Jana Mittermaier
Germany, Senior Programme Coordinator
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 (on leave)
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). Sara Morante is currently on parental leave.

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.

Farzana Nawaz
Canada, Assistant Research Coordinator
Farzana joined the Transparency International Secretariat in March 2008. Prior to joining TI, she worked as a researcher in the fields of law, economics and public policy. She has also worked as a software developer for several years. Farzana holds Bachelors degrees in Mathematics (specializing in Computer Science) and Economics from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She is currently on sabbatical from her legal studies at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.



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.

Georg Neumann
Germany, Internal Communications Officer
Georg Neumann joined the Online Communications Group at Transparency International in June 2005 working on the content management and development of the Transparency International website. Since November 2006 he is responsible for internal communications. Georg did freelance project work for the German Federal Ministry of Justice and has previously worked for a PR Agency and the German Chemical Industry Association. Georg Neumann has completed his German civil service in development assistance in Tijuana, Mexico, and graduated from social and economic communication sciences at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin in 2005.

Erik Nielsen
Canada, Deputy Manager
Erik Nielsen joined TI in May 2009 as the Deputy Manager of the Water Integrity Network (WIN). WIN is an action oriented coalition promoting water integrity to reduce and prevent corruption in the water sector. Its membership includes public, private sector and civil society stakeholders, as well as leading knowledge based organizations and networks in the water sector. WIN is hosted by the TI Secretariat in Berlin.

Prior to joining TI/WIN Erik worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome Italy as the coordinator of its global natural resources conflict management programme and was also the team leader of a natural resource conflict management for Ghana. In addition, he worked for The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Lao PDR as the Country Programme Coordinator.

Erik has an educational background in environmental science and international development and he holds a doctorate in International Environmental Policy from MIT. Erik is a national of Canada and speaks English and Spanish


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.


Gabriele Nolte
Germany, Project accountant
Gabriele Nolte joined the Finance department as a Project Accountant. She is a certified accountant with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Berlin and worked for the last two years with the German Red Cross in Sri Lanka as a Finance Delegate. Before she has been with Médecins Sans Frontières for seven years, both in the field and at the headquarter as a Finance Advisor.

Afiefah Osman
South Africa, Programme Manager Project Accounting and Risk
Afiefah Osman joined TI in January 2007 as Project Accountant. She comes from South Africa. Afiefah has been in the accounting and auditing field for a few years working in both the public and private sector. She spent about two years teaching mathematics and science in a rural area in South Africa which was followed by a brief stint in Palestine as an accompanier. Afiefah´s job is to provide the project financial management support.

Silke Pfeiffer
Germany, Director (currently on maternity leave)
Silke Pfeiffer headed the Americas Department until July 2008. She holds an MA in Latin American Studies (political science, economics, history and languages) and completed a postgraduate programme in development studies. Silke has worked with civil society organizations in different parts of South America in the areas of human rights, public policies and social development, most recently for a public policy think tank in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Silke teaches good governance and accountability at Potsdam University. She is currently on maternity leave.

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

Johanna Polvi
Finland, Programme Manager
Johanna Polvi joined TI in September 2008. She is responsible for the global programme Anti-Corruption: Delivering Change. Her previous experience is in the areas of regional integration, good governance and conflict management, working in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Prior to joining TI, she was responsible for the monitoring of the results of all European Commission development assistance to the Caribbean and Pacific with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previously, she was at the European Commission Delegation in Nigeria, responsible for the design and implementation of the regional programme in West Africa. She has also worked as an independent consultant, namely in the area of good governance and elections, with a number of other organisations. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the European University Institute, having previously graduated from the London School of Economics.

Christiaan Poortman
Netherlands, Director of Global Programmes
Christiaan (Chrik) Poortman joined TI in September 2007 after many years of professional and managerial experience of working in/with developing countries. Prior to joining TI, Chrik was working at the World Bank in Washington DC as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa. Before that, he was Country Director for South East Europe during which time he oversaw the World Bank’s assistance programs in the Balkans, including the post-war reconstruction activities in Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo. Much of Chrik’s career at the World Bank was devoted to Sub-Saharan Africa in a number of different assignments, including as the World Bank’s Country Manager in Zimbabwe during 1990-94. Before joining the World Bank, Chrik worked as an economist in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Swaziland. He holds an MA Economics degree of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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.



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, 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.

Ana Revuelta
Spain, Programme Coordinator
Ana Revuelta worked in the Americas Department in 2008 and rejoined TI in June 2009 to replace Marta Erquicia (currently on maternity leave) as a Programme Coordinator to promote the regional activities in anti-corruption conventions, investigative journalism and transparency in local governments in the Americas. Her experience in communications and project management spans the public, private and NGO sectors. She has worked for UNESCO in communication for development projects, as well as coordinated an EU funded programme to support the institutional development of MERCOSUR. Ana studied Economics in Madrid and Paris, and holds a Masters in International Relations and Development Studies from the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

Juanita Riaño
Colombia, Research Coordinator
Juanita Riaño joined TI for the programme on measuring corruption in February 2007. Previously, Juanita worked for the World Bank Institute on anti-corruption and governance diagnostics, as well as on projects for the World Bank related to poverty, inequality and local development. Juanita received a Master in Economics and a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University. She also has a Master in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia).

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

Marcela Rozo
Colombia, Programme Manager - Public Contracting
Marcela Rozo graduated in economics at the Los Andes University in Bogota and holds a master in tropical agricultural development, agricultural economics and planning from Reading University, UK. Marcela worked for eight years with TI’s national chapter in Colombia on corruption prevention tools, and has ten years experience working with different governmental institutions in Colombia.

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.

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.

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.

Nicolas Seris
France, Programme Coordinator
Nicolas Séris joined TI in April 2008 as a programme coordinator for North Africa and the Middle East region. Prior joining TI, he has been working for six years in the Middle East and in Africa in development and Emergency programs for French Humanitarian NGO’s (mainly with Médecins du Monde) as a program coordinator and country representative.
Nicolas has study Historical Sciences at Strasbourg University and holds a Master Degree in Development and crisis management studies from Sorbonne University in Paris.


Priya Shah
UK, Asst Programme Coordinator, WIN Small Grants Fund and Information Management
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.

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.

Stéphane Stassen
Belgium, Senior Programme Coordinator
Stéphane Stassen first joined TI in 2002. After graduating in Sociology, Mr. Stassen spent a year abroad, traveling independently in East Africa where he worked for some time as a volunteer for a Tanzanian NGO. He then came back to Brussels to complete a MA in International Politics. Mr. Stassen has worked with TI for over six years and took part in the coordination of the development of the TI Source Book in Arabic. He joined the Sub-Saharan Africa team of TI in 2005 and is currently coordinating a regional programme (Africa Education Watch) aimed at tackling corruption in the primary education sector in Africa.

Christine Stellfeld
Germany, Human Resources Coordinator
Christine joined the Human Resources Department in September 2007. She holds a diploma in psychology with a specialisation in work and organisational psychology from the University of Constance. Christine has worked as a psychologist in adult education, in the clinical field, in refugee aid and development cooperation. She has studied and worked in Ireland and Belgium. Her areas of responsibility at the TI secretariat are employee development, motivation and learning.

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.

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.

Renate Trowers
Germany, Web Coordinator and Design
Renate has worked as an Accountant and Office Manager before going to Barcelona, Spain, in 1990. After one year studying spanish Language at the "Escuela Oficial de Idiomas", she continued living and working in Barcelona as a coordinator for modernisations of Real-Estates and freelance for "Hermes Bolsa" and "Standard Trading", Brokers in Stock Exchange. After returning to Berlin in September 1999 she qualified on Internet-Design and joined TIS in 2000. She is in charge of maintaining and developing the TI-Website.

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.

François Valerian
France, Head of Private Sector Programmes
François joined TI in September 2008. He started his career as a government employee and held a number of positions in the French public service, including advisor to the Minister of industry. He then moved to mergers and acquisitions with BNP Paribas, and strategy consulting with Accenture, where he was a partner. Prior to joining TI, he was the editor-in-chief of an economical review. François graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris, and holds a PhD in Early Modern History.

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.

Conrad Zellmann
Germany, Senior Resources Coordinator
Conrad joined TI in February 2005. Previously, Conrad worked in marketing and business development with the German-American Institute for Applied Research, a biotechnology company based in Potsdam. Conrad studied History, Spanish and Political Science at Potsdam University, Germany and Deusto University, Spain. He speaks English, German and Spanish.

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.