Agenda
5th International Collective Action Conference 2024
Agenda
Day 1 - 24 June 2024
Registration and coffee
Welcome remarks
Keynote address
- Peter Maurer, President of the Board, Basel Institute on Governance
Session 1 | A New Era for Collective Action: Regulatory and normative approaches
- Lightning talk: Julia Fromholz, Head of Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
- Xiaohong Li, Chief, Thematic Support Section, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC (moderator)
- Isabelle Jégouzo, Director, French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA)
- Salifu Koray, Chief Revenue Officer, Ghana Revenue Authority
- Brooke Stearns Lawson, Experimentation, Innovation, and Learning Team Lead, Anti-Corruption Center, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance , U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Marcelo Pontes Vianna, Secretary for Private Sector Integrity, Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil
Coffee break & exhibitions
Session 2 | The evolution and variety of Collective Action initiatives
- Scarlet Wannenwetsch, Senior Collective Action Specialist, Basel Institute on Governance (moderator)
- Jonas Søberg Erlandsen, Senior Lead South Asia, Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
- Giorgio Melega, Chief Legal Officer, Tenova S.p.A. & Member of the Metals Technology Initiative
- Lisa K. Miller, Head, Integrity Compliance, Integrity Vice Presidency, World Bank Group
- Prof Deon Rossouw, Chairperson, Banknote Ethics Initiative
Networking lunch & exhibition
Meet Collective Action practitioners in the exhibition space on the first floor. A buffet lunch will be served in the ground floor foyer.Session 3 | Making it count: Assessing the effectiveness of compliance efforts
- Vanessa Hans, Head of Private Sector, Basel Institute on Governance (moderator)
- Rafael Mendes Gomes,Chief Risk & Compliance of Novonor and OEC
- Ayotola Jagun, Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary, Oando Plc
- Vibeke Lyssand Leirvag, Managing Director, Felicia Design and Chairwoman, Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand
- Anke Struckmeier-Eickenberg, Head of Compliance, METRO AG
Coffee break & exhibitions
Parallel breakout sessions
Breakout A: Good Governance: leveraging Collective Action and ESG. Moderated by Transparency International
Breakout B: Human Rights and Anti-Corruption: Collective Action as a strategy for closer cooperation. Moderated by Alliance for Integrity
Breakout C: Communicating impact of Collective Action Initiatives. Moderated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
Anti-Corruption Collective Action Awards Ceremony & Apéro
The Basel Institute will recognise organisations and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding achievements, emerging best practices and innovation in the field of Collective Action to tackle corruption and raise standards of business integrity. The ceremony will be followed by an apéro. More information here.Day 2 - 25 June 2024
Registration and coffee
Lightning talk | The role of civil society in Collective Action
- François Valérian, Chair, Transparency International
Session 4 | Building a community of practice for Collective Action
- Liza Young, Associate, Collective Action, Basel Institute on Governance (moderator)
- Noah Arshinoff, Director, Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption
- Oscar Caipo Ricci, President of the Board of Directors, Empresarios por la Integridad (Entrepreneurs for Integrity)
- Joe Ching’ani, Chairperson of the Multi-Stakeholder Group, CoST Infrastructure Transparency Initiative Malawi
- Ken Graversen, Co-Founder and Board Member, Fight against Facilitation Payments (FAFPI)
Coffee break & exhibitions
Session 5 | Incentives for business integrity: What role can development finance institutions and investors play?
- Cristina Ritter, Head of Anticorruption and Governance, United Nations Global Compact (moderator)
- Caroline Eriksen, Head of Social, Active Ownership department, Norges Bank Investment Management
- Berna Gungenci Kilincoglu, Associate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- John Versantvoort, Head of the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank
- Huma Yusuf, Director, Business Integrity and Corporate Governance, British International Investment
Closing and farewell
Lunch (registration required)
Speakers
Noah Arshinoff is a lawyer, adjunct professor, and consultant in the anti-corruption and anti-money laundering space. Noah founded and is President of ACT International – a legal and policy consulting firm specializing in anti-corruption matters and an adjunct professor of anti-corruption law at the University of Ottawa. He is a Director with the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption (CCEAC), which engages in education and training Collective Action initiatives.
Noah has worked to strengthen corruption reporting mechanisms in Africa, designed and evaluated anti-corruption sanctions regimes for international organisations, promoted transparency in supply chains in the European Union and Canada, and delivered courses to prosecutors and investigators on how to detect, and adequately sanction corruption and money-laundering offenses.
Noah is an alumni of the French Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa.
Oscar Caipo Ricci co-founded “Empresarios por la Integridad”, the leading private sector organisation promoting integrity and fighting corruption in Perú, in 2018 and has been serving as its President since 2021. He is also Chair of the Board of Peru Sostenible, the leading private sector organisation promoting sustainable development in Peru. Oscar recently joined the Board of CEDRO, an organisation that promotes alternative development in the Amazon of Peru where people and the environment are threatened by the presence of illegal activities.
From 2021 to 2023, Oscar also served as President of CONFIEP, the largest private sector confederation representing 22 business sectors and, until 2021, as President of the Board of CARE Peru, having been a board member since 2012. Between 2008 and 2023, Oscar was Senior Partner at KPMG in Peru. From 2011-2008, he was CEO of BearingPoint in Brasil.
Oscar holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University with a specialisation in Finance and Operations Management. He participated in the Negotiation Program at Harvard University in 1999 and was invited to attend the Leadership Program at Georgetown University School of Diplomacy in 2016. He also completed the programme “Preparing to Be a Corporate Director” at Harvard Business School in 2023.
Joe Ching'ani
Chairperson of the Multi-Stakeholder Group, CoST – Infrastructure Transparency Initiative Malawi
Joe is a construction expert with many years of professional experience. He has been serving as President of the Malawi Civil Engineering and Allied Trades Association as well as on the Board of the National Construction Industry Council (NCIC) for two consecutive terms. He has also been the Roads Authority Board Chairperson and is currently serving as Chairperson for the Blantyre Water Board in Malawi.
He represents the private sector in the Multi-Stakeholder Group of the Malawi chapter of the CoST – Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and acts as its Chairperson. In this capacity, Joe is also part of the Basel Institute on Governance Mentoring Programme.
Joe received a degree in civil engineering from the University of Malawi Polytechnic and is a frequent visiting and motivational speaker at tertiary institutions and governance forums.
Caroline Eriksen is Head of Social within the Active Ownership department at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). In this role, she is responsible for NBIM’s policy development and engagement with portfolio companies on social topics, including human rights, tax transparency and anti-corruption.
Prior to joining NBIM in 2018, Eriksen worked for the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman. She has experience working on broad range of social topics, in particular human rights and responsible business conduct, including from Human Rights Watch and UNESCO. Eriksen holds a B.A. in International Affairs from the American University of Paris and an M.A. in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University.
The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) is a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large. Established in 2011 by a small group of committed maritime companies, MACN has grown to include over 200 companies globally and has become one of the pre-eminent examples of Collective Action to tackle corruption.
Jonas leads MACN’s efforts in South Asia. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction and fostering collaboration between all involved partner organizations and stakeholders in the region.
Jonas has more than 10 years of international experience in the Maritime industry. He has worked for port agencies in West Africa and shipbuilding companies in East and Central Africa. Jonas stems from 5 years of military background.
Jonas holds an Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics (The Blue MBA) at Copenhagen Business School (Class of 2023).
Julia Fromholz
Julia Fromholz is the Head of the Anti-Corruption Division in the OECD’s Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF). In this role, she leads the OECD’s work on combating bribery in international business and promoting business integrity. The Anti-Corruption Division is the secretariat to the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery, which monitors implementation of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the Anti-Bribery Convention), a legally binding international agreement, and related instruments. The Division also engages in dialogue and training with businesses, civil society organizations, and non-Member countries to encourage high standards for anti-corruption laws and policies. Before joining the OECD in 2024, Ms. Fromholz spent twenty years in civil society, academia, and the U.S. Department of State, leading programs and policy development on the rule of law and international human rights, after having started her career as a management consultant and lawyer in the private sector.
Ken Graversen is deeply involved in the Fight Against Facilitation Payments Initiative (FAFPI), focusing on eliminating small-scale bribes that often lead to larger corruption issues. Since co-founding FAFPI in 2018, he has worked towards creating a collaborative space where different organizations can come together to share knowledge and develop strategies against corruption, emphasizing transparency and integrity in business practices.
In his role at FAFPI, Ken’s efforts are dedicated to understanding and addressing the complex challenges of facilitation payments on a global scale. This work is in tandem with his leadership at Timbed and NEO Compliance, where he applies his extensive experience to developing compliance solutions that assist SMEs in navigating ethical and regulatory environments.
Ken holds an MBA from Henley Business School, focusing on the adoption of corporate governance practices in Danish non-listed companies. His academic background supports his practical approach to compliance and ethics in business, underlining a commitment to practical solutions and meaningful collaboration in the fight against corruption.
Berna Gungenci Kilincoglu
Associate Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Berna Gungenci Kilincoglu is an Associate Director in the Office of the Chief Compliance Officer at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Berna is part of the Project Integrity team where the focus is on ex-ante due diligence and prevention of fraud in the EBRD’s operations as well as capacity building.
Prior to join the EBRD as a compliance professional, Berna was a practicing lawyer specialised in project finance and energy law more than a decade. She has worked at White&Case (Turkey), Clifford Chance (Turkey) and the Office of the General Counsel at the EBRD (London) and then took the General Counsel & Compliance Head role at ENGIE (Turkey), French multinational energy company.
Berna holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Bilkent University and a Masters of Law (LLM) degree from Georgetown University.
Vanessa Hans is Head of Private Sector at the Basel Institute on Governance. She has held the position since July 2022, having first joined the Basel Institute in January 2020 as Private Sector Specialist.
Prior to joining the Institute, Vanessa was the Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines. She has several years of experience advising companies on corporate social responsibility as well as international development strategies.
Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montreal and a Masters in Corporate Social Responsibility from the University of Nottingham.
Ayotola Jagun is a dual-qualified solicitor (UK & Nigeria), Chartered Secretary, and multi-disciplinary legal and compliance executive with three decades of experience in local and multinational corporations across several continents. She has an extensive background in management, corporate and commercial law, compliance and business ethics, risk management, ESG, corporate governance and board-level leadership.
Ayotola is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors (Nigeria) and the Corporate Governance Institute (UK) and an Associate of the Institute of Corporate Secretaries and Administrators Nigeria. She serves as a Board Member on a number of organisations including; the United Nations Global Compact Network Nigeria, the Mirabel Centre and several family-owned businesses. She is a member of the Institute of Directors Committee on Independent Directors, vice-chair of the Institute of Directors Strategic Partnership Committee with PricewaterhouseCoopers and chairs the Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association - Section on Business Law.
Ayotola has a passion for corporate governance and its critical role in ensuring business sustainability. Some of the recent governance initiatives that Ayotola has been involved in include co-chairing the Technical Working Group on the Code of Conduct for the not-for-profit sector, set up by the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investments in Nigeria, as well as conceptualizing and co-chairing the Private Sector implementation of the National Ethics and Integrity Policy and conceiving a public-private initiative to develop a Governance Code and Standard Operating Procedures for SME’s in Nigeria. She is passionately optimistic about Nigeria and its pivotal role in the commonwealth of Nations.
Isabelle Jégouzo started her career as a deputy public prosecutor at the Rouen Court of Justice (1989-1991). She then held a number of inter-ministerial positions, as well as European responsibilities, and developed a particular expertise in issues relating to international judicial cooperation.
Starting out as an advisor at France’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels from 2002 to 2003, she then joined the Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of the European Commission, where she directed the Fraud and Corruption Prevention Unit. Ms. Jégouzo has also held the position of Deputy Secretary-General at the Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) from October 2012.
From 2016 to 2019, she was Head of the Representation of the European Commission in France. In 2020, she became the European and International Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet of Mr Eric Dupond-Moretti, « Garde des Sceaux », French Minister of Justice. Appointed by decree of the President of the French Republic, Ms. Jégouzo took up her position as Director of the French Anti-Corruption Agency in July 2023.
Salifu Koray is a Chief Revenue Officer at the Ghana Revenue Authority. In this capacity, he promotes integrity within the Customs Division. Under his leadership, the Ghana Revenue Authority has been engaged in the World Customs Organization’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, which emphasizes that Collective Action offers immense potential to improve integrity not only for customs organisations but for stakeholders that care about fostering an ethical, positive work and business environment. Salifu has over twenty years of work experience in Customs procedures at the Ghana Revenue Authority. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from the University of Ghana Business School and a Master of Arts in Gender, Peace, and Security from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. He also pursued a professional certificate course in anti-corruption at the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, London.
Xiaohong Li
Chief, Thematic Support Section, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC
Ms. Xiaohong Li is the Chief of Thematic Support Section, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), also serves as the Deputy Secretary of the ad hoc Committee to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.
Her previous post at the UN system was the Chief of Conference Support Section, Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs, UNODC.
Before she joined the UN system, Ms. Li was a governmental lawyer of the Ministry of Justice of China. She progressively focused on and led the team to work on judicial assistance in civil, commercial and criminal matters, international cooperation in legal areas, lawyers’ administration, etc.
Ms. Li started her career as a teach at the Law School, Shandong University in China.
She obtained bachelor’s degree in law in China and two master’s degrees in law, one in China and one in the UK.
Vibeke Lyssand Leirvag
Managing Director, Felicia Design and Chairwoman, Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand
Vibeke Lyssand Leirvag is the founder of Felicia (Thailand) Ltd, a leading high-end silver and gold jewellery manufacturer. Felicia Design is a Norwegian-controlled medium sized enterprise with 150 employees that focuses on sustainable production and is certified by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC).
Felicia Design has joined the Thai Private Sector Collective Action against Corruption and is certified under the Coalition Against Corruption (CAC). Felicia Design is a member of the UN Global Compact and incorporates the Ten Principles into its business strategy, policies and procedures.
Vibeke is an entrepreneur. She arrived in Thailand in 1989 and has a background in jewellery design and manufacturing. She has built Felicia Design from being a small start-up operation to a solid SME offering OEM services and supplying leading jewellery brands worldwide.
Vibeke has been active on the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (TNCC) board since 1997. She has held the position of President and presently serves as Vice President. Since 2022, Vibeke also acts as Chairwoman for the Joint Foreign Chamber of Commerce (JFCCT) in Thailand, having previously held the position as Vice Chair for five years.
Peter Maurer is a leading voice internationally on humanitarian and related issues. He joined the Basel Institute in October 2022, following over 10 years as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Born in Thun, Switzerland, Peter Maurer has had a distinguished career in the Swiss diplomatic service. Among various positions he served for five years as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, where he worked to integrate Switzerland into multilateral networks. Prior to joining the ICRC, Peter Maurer was the Swiss Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in charge of five directorates and around 150 diplomatic missions around the world. Among other engagements, he is Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on the Future of Good Governance, a Member of the Advisory Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a Member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance.
In recognition of his long humanitarian and diplomatic service, Peter Maurer has received the prestigious awards of Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and of Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by Germany.
Peter Maurer holds a PhD in History and International Law from the University of Bern. He has been awarded honorary PhDs from the University of Basel and Waseda University.
Giorgio Melega is Chief Legal Officer at Tenova (Techint Group), a multinational engineering company he joined in 2008. Tenova is headquartered in Milan, has 30+ offices around the globe and supplies products and services for the mining and metals industries.
Before joining Tenova, Giorgio held in-house legal roles at General Electric, both in Milan and in Atlanta (USA) and acted as EMEA Legal Counsel for GE’s Energy Services business. Prior to that, Giorgio served as an attorney for Allen & Overy and for another Italian Milan-based firm, focusing mainly on Corporate/M&A work.
He is a Cum Laude law graduate from the University of Bologna and is admitted to the Italian Bar. He also holds a Corporation Law LL.M. from New York University.
Rafael is the Chief Risk & Compliance of Novonor and OEC, respectively the holding company and the engineering and construction arm of the economic group formerly known as Odebrecht. With over 25 years of Legal and Compliance experience, he has assisted over 100 companies with different aspects of the design, implementation, maintenance, evaluation, periodic review, and continuous improvement of Compliance programs, including investigations, risk assessment, ABC M&A and third-party due diligence, training and communication, with focus on ethics, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, fraud, and workplace issues.
Prior to joining Novonor and OEC, Rafael practiced law for over 10 years and held Chief Compliance Officer positions at Walmart Brazil and at the Brazilian National Oil Company, Petrobras, where he was a member of the Independent Investigation Committee for the Operation Car Wash related investigations and spearheaded Petrobras’s Executive Board’s and Board of Directors’ work on strategy, assessment of risks, and negotiations relating to the settlement reached with the DOJ, the SEC, and the Brazilian Federal Prosecutor’s Office - MPF.
At Petrobras and at Novonor and OEC, he also led cooperation activities with the Brazilian law enforcement agencies, such as the Operation Car Wash Task Force of the MPF, the Federal Court of Public Accounts - TCU, the Federal Comptroller’s Office -CGU, the Attorney General’s Office - AGU, and State Prosecutors’ Offices.
On the Collective Action front, in addition to having managed the relationship with international organizations and participated in related initiatives, e.g. the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative - PACI, OECD’s integrity, anti-corruption, and governance efforts, The World Bank’s Integrity Compliance Networking Hub etc., Rafael spearheaded the signature of the Oil & Gas Industry Integrity Pact, signed by Petrobras and major Oil & Gas companies as BP, Chevron, Equinor, Schlumberger, Shell, TechnipFMC, and Total, in September 2018. Rafael is a native Portuguese speaker and speaks English, Spanish, and German.
Lisa Miller is the World Bank Group Integrity Compliance Officer and heads the Integrity Compliance Unit in the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice Presidency. She previously was a Senior Counsel in the World Bank’s Legal Vice Presidency. Prior to joining the World Bank, she was in private legal practice.
She received an LL.M. in International and Comparative Law, with distinction, from Georgetown University Law Center; a J.D. from George Washington University Law School; and a B.S. in International Politics and Certificate in German Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service
Nicolas Pinaud
Deputy Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs and Acting Head of the Anti-Corruption Division, OECD
Mr Nicolas Pinaud is Deputy Director of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs of the OECD since 3 January 2022. He leads the infrastructure work across DAF and is responsible for the policy areas of anti-corruption, consumer finance, insurance and pensions.
Mr Pinaud is an experienced OECD official, who took up his functions as OECD Sherpa to the G7 and the G20 on 1 July 2020. Prior to that, he served as Head, and Deputy Head of the Sherpa Office and Global Governance Unit. He has also worked in the Development Centre on issues of North–South and South-South macroeconomic interdependence; on the development of financial markets in emerging market economies; and was part of the team responsible for the yearly African Economic Outlook report. He was also instrumental in developing the OECD-sponsored Emerging Markets Network (EmNet). Prior to joining the OECD in 2002, Nicolas started his career as a country-risk analyst at Société Générale Group. Between 2007 and 2010, he was seconded to the cabinet of the French Minister of Employment.
Mr Pinaud is a French national. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure d’Ulm (Paris). He holds a Masters’ degree in Development Economics, a Masters’ degree in Political Science and a Masters’ degree in History from the University of Paris-1-Sorbonne.
Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez is an Associate Professor at the School of Human Sciences of Osaka University, where he holds the position of Deputy Director of the International Undergraduate Degree Program. He has a doctorate in political science from the University of Tsukuba.
Dr. Pozsgai-Alvarez is the founder of the Japan Network of Anti-Corruption Researchers (JANAR), member of the Steering Committee on (Anti-)Corruption and Integrity of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), and editorial member of the Journal of Economic Criminology. He is the editor of The Politics of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Latin America, published by Routledge in 2021, and the author of multiple articles published in international peer-reviewed journals concerning (anti-)corruption and public integrity.
Dr. Pozsgai-Alvarez has served as Consultant in the Western Hemisphere Anti-Corruption Index (WHACI) project developed by John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2021, and currently leads the project “Multidimensional measurement of corruption in Southeast Asia and Latin America”, funded by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Cristina Ritter is an attorney-at-law specialized in business administration with a professional career of 18 years in both the United Nations and the private sector. In 2022, she joined the United Nations Global Compact as the Head of Governance and Anti-Corruption.
Prior to this position, Ms. Ritter worked for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2014, where she provided technical assistance in various continents on the international standards and tools to address corruption and money laundering, while engaging in international cooperation and asset recovery.
Over the years, she was designated Global Coordinator of the Integrity Component of CRIMJUST, a UNODC flagship programme against drug-trafficking, she became responsible for the Americas at the Corruption and Economic Crime Branch (CEB) and served as Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor twice. In this context, she engaged with chambers of commerce, compliance associations, private sector entities and companies in over twenty countries to promote business integrity. She also fostered private-public sectors dialogue, achieving the adoption of multiple anti-corruption policies, legal frameworks and national strategies.
Her formal education includes an MBA in Strategic Management (Argentina / France) and a Magna Cum Laude Degree in Law and Political Science (Panama). She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
Prof Deon Rossouw serves the Chairperson of the Banknote Ethics Initiative, an initiative established to provide ethical business practice, with a focus on the prevention of corruption and on compliance with anti-trust law within the banknote industry. Deon is also an Extraordinary Professor in Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch. He retired in 2024 as CEO of The Ethics Institute (based in Pretoria, South Africa).
He was Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at Rand Afrikaans University and served on the Executive Committee of the University. He then moved to the University of Pretoria where he was Head of the Philosophy Department and Director of the Centre for Business and Professional Ethics. During 2008 to 2009, he spent a year as Program Executive for Business Ethics at the Globethics.net Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland.
Deon is an internationally recognized expert in Business Ethics and the Ethics of Corporate Governance, and published several books as well as academic articles in leading international journals.
He was the Founding President of the Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa) and served as President of the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE).
Deon is a member of the King Committee for Corporate Governance in South Africa, and also chaired the Social and Ethics Committee Forum of the Institute of Directors of South Africa.
He has been recognized as a Chartered Director by the Institute of Directors of South Africa, and served in executive and non-executive positions on a number of boards of directors.
Brooke Stearns Lawson
Experimentation, Innovation, and Learning Team Lead, Anti-Corruption Center, Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance , U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Brooke Stearns Lawson is the Experimentation, Innovation, and Learning Team Lead with USAID’s Anti-Corruption Center. She spearheads USAID’s 12th Grand Challenge for Development, which focuses on countering transnational corruption. Brooke also leads on the ACC’s analytic agenda, monitoring and evaluation, and private sector engagement. Prior to joining USAID, Brooke was a Doctoral Fellow at the RAND Corporation where her work focused on the intersection of development and security. Brooke has more than twenty years of experience in international development, relief, and reconstruction.
She earned a PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School and a masters degree in international relations from Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po). She is a member of MENSA and was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a 2009 White House Fellows Regional Finalist, founding member of the Rotary Club of Dupont Circle, 2003-2005 Rotary World Peace Scholar, and 2001 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.
Anke Struckmeier-Eickenberg
Head of Compliance, METRO AG
Anke joined METRO AG as Head of Compliance in 2018. Her responsibilities include various projects related to the compliance management system of METRO. She is the Compliance Officer for METRO’s logistic subsidiary, and previously, for METRO’s German wholesale entity. In addition, she is Corporate Compliance Counsel for several entities and country organisations of METRO. In her role she advises the regional management, country organisations and project teams on compliance matters.
Since 2018, Anke has been part of the Steering Committee of the Alliance for Integrity. In 2024, she was elected Chair of the Steering Committee.
Prior to joining METRO, Anke worked for Norwegian-based companies Norsk Hydro and Equinor (former Statoil). She worked within Strategy, Business Development, Asset Management and Compliance. Since 2009, Anke has worked within the area of compliance as Compliance Officer in different positions, always within an international context and with a focus on anti-corruption and regulatory compliance. Anke is a lawyer by training.
François Valérian was elected Chair of Transparency International in 2023. Since 2019 he had been a member of the International Board where he was active in various committees, including the Membership Accreditation Committee, which he chaired until 2022. From 2013 to 2023, he was a member of the board of Transparency International France, where he worked on illicit financial flows, political integrity and strategic litigation.
Formerly the leader of business integrity programmes at the Transparency International Secretariat, François initiated Transparency International’s advocacy at the G20 around financial regulation and anti-corruption. In his professional career, François worked both in public and private sectors.
He negotiated social agreements with coal mine trade unions, worked for BNP Paribas and was a partner at Accenture. He was the editor-in-chief of the Annales des Mines, an economic review. He was an associate professor of finance at CNAM and taught financial regulation and oversight at École des Mines de Paris, a course he created in 2013. He is the author of several books and articles, graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris, and holds a PhD in History.
John Versantvoort has been heading the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since December 2017. OAI leads the anticorruption and integrity initiatives of the bank, including investigation of integrity violations, design and implementation of preventive and remedial measures, and awareness-raising and capacity-building support.
John joined ADB as a lawyer in the Office of the General Counsel in April 2007, where he took on progressive levels of technical and managerial responsibility. Prior to joining ADB, he established a legal practice in Japan for Benelux law and tax advisory firm Loyens & Loeff (2001-2006) and practiced law in the Netherlands for Loyens & Loeff and law firm Allen & Overy (1995-2001).
John holds a Master of Laws degree (East-Asian law) from University of London, as well as a Master of Laws degree (Dutch civil law) and Master of Arts degree (Japanese studies) from University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Marcelo Pontes Vianna
Secretary for Private Sector Integrity, Office of the Comptroller General of Brazil
Marcelo is graduated in Law and Political Science, post-graduated in Public Law and Evaluation of Public Policies, and Disciplinary Law in Public Administration. He also holds a diploma in National Economics granted by George Washington University and a LL.M. degree granted by the University of Notre Dame.
Since 2006, Marcelo works at the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), as a Federal Auditor of Finances and Control. His career has been highlighted with duties such as Sectorial Inspector for the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Deputy Federal Inspector General and Director of Law Enforcement for Legal Entities.
Currently, Marcelo serves as Secretary for Private Sector Integrity of the CGU. The Secretary is in charge of enforcing the Brazilian Clean Companies Act, through administrative procedures and leniency agreements. The Secretary is also in charge of regulating the standards of integrity compliance programs within the private sector. His role involves working closely with the Brazilian Private Sector to strengthen public and private relations in the field of prevention and fight against corruption.
Marcelo has been a member of the Brazilian delegation at the Working Group on Bribery of the OECD, since 2019. Through 2019 to 2023, he was the co-chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Law Enforcement Network (LAC LEN). During 2024, Marcelo is acting as the chair of the Anticorruption Working Group of the G20.
Scarlet Wannenwetsch joined the Basel Institute in 2017. In her role as Senior Specialist, Collective Action, Scarlet leads the Collective Action Mentoring Programme and Collective Action activities with a particular focus on the Southern African region.
She also heads the Institute’s engagement with the Business 20 (B20) on corruption as Deputy Co-Chair of the Integrity and Compliance Task Force in 2021/22 and as a network and knowledge partner in the previous years.
Since 2021 she lectures at the International Anti-Corruption Academies Master in Anti-Corruption Compliance and Collective Action programme.
Prior to joining the Institute, Scarlet gained experience at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Germany) and as a legal advisor to an international start-up.
Scarlet holds a Law degree (LLB) from Kings College London as well as a Masters (LLM) from the Free University of Berlin focusing on Public International Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Liza Young joined the Basel Institute in August 2022 as a Project Associate for Collective Action. Liza is supporting the implementation of the Siemens Integrity Initiative project, with a particular focus on implementing the mentoring programme. She also manages the B20 Hub help desk, conducts research and strategically supports stakeholders (civil society, public and private sector) in Francophone Africa.
Prior to joining the Institute, Liza gained experience at the Permanent Representation of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) to the United Nations in Geneva, where she served as an Assistant to the Ambassador. She has also worked at the Research and Information Group on Peace and Security (GRIP) in Belgium as a research associate focusing on peacekeeping operations in West and Central Africa. Liza has also gained experience in Namibia and in Senegal within the United Nations (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and United Nations Information Centre for Development).
Liza holds a Bachelor’s in Political Science from the University of Montréal, Canada, and a Master’s in Peace Studies from the University Paris-Dauphine, France.
Huma Yusuf
Director, Business Integrity and Corporate Governance, British International Investment plc
Huma Yusuf is a Director of the Business Integrity team at British International Investment plc, the UK’s development finance institution. She is a Global Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars and has worked as a political, integrity and ESG analyst for over a decade. She is an award-winning journalist and columnist, affiliated with Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper.