 Daniel KaufmannPresident Daniel Kaufmann is President of the Revenue Watch Institute. An economist, he has pioneered innovative approaches to measure and analyze governance and corruption, and has deep practical experience in helping countries formulate and carry out governance reforms. His research has extended to economic development, investment, privatization and urban and labor economics. Kaufmann served as a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. He previously served as a director of the World Bank Institute. He held senior management positions focused on governance, finance and anti-corruption, and was lead economist is the World Bank’s research department. He was first Chief of Mission of the World Bank to Ukraine, worked on capacity building in Latin America and on economic reforms in Africa. Kaufmann, a Chilean, received an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at Harvard, and a B.A. in economics and statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has authored hundreds of scholarly articles, presentations and policy briefs on governance, corruption, trade, labor and economic reform. His blog on governance is at www.thekaufmannpost.net and he tweets @kaufpost. Antoine has served as a public finance economist at the United Nations Development Program and as an economist for water projects in Armenia and Azerbaijan. He is the co-author of Fiscal Space – Policy Options for Financing Human Development and various articles on public investment, fiscal policy and economic development. As deputy director of Revenue Watch, Antoine shares responsibility for strategic planning, programs policy development, oversight, monitoring and evaluation. He manages Revenue Watch Institute’s research, capacity building and technical assistance work and oversees the budget. He previously led all RWI technical assistance and economic policy research. Antoine studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, Oxford University and Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Suneeta founded the New York office of the International Association for Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), where she led the development of the peacebuilding initiative, directed research on security management, and served as the New York representative. Suneeta worked at Human Rights Watch and has held various consultancies with the UN, international and local civil society organizations, working with populations of resettled refugees and survivors of human trafficking. Suneeta shares responsibility for strategic planning and institutional growth and development. She ensures activities of the regional Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central Asia and Caucasus, Latin America, and Middle East and North Africa programs further the organization’s strategic objectives. Suneeta also oversees the grant-making, communications and advocacy portfolios, including work with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and with Publish What You Pay. Suneeta holds a Masters in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University, where she was a Hart Leadership Fellow. Though born in Louisiana, after nearly ten years of braving the city, she may soon be approaching New Yorker status. Prior to joining Revenue Watch Morgan worked for the Open Society Institute, where she assisted with strategy and operations for Soros Foundations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia. Morgan has held internships with the Russian government’s Department for Foreign Economic and International Relations and with New York State’s Department for Economic Development. She has been a member of the core Revenue Watch Team since 2004, most recently as a Program Officer managing grant operations and legal compliance, supporting strategic planning and policy development, and assisting with budget planning and oversight. She has also served as Regional Advisor to RWI on the Caucasus and Central Asia. Morgan graduated from Skidmore College with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Economics. She occasionally attempts to speak Russian, but very few people reportedly understand what she is saying. Yulie Ardiyanti Before joining Revenue Watch Institute's IKAT Project, Yulie served as finance director at PT Explorer Indonesia. She was previously a research assistant for JICA’s Jakarta Credit Scale Project, Executive Secretary for the local NGO the Telapak Foundation and research assistant at the Asian Japan Development Fund. Yulie has a degree in Finance. Yulie's administrative oversight can be determined, almost terrifying. But just offer her a traditional Sudanese dish, and she shall be beaming instantly. Raghda Allouche worked for over three years with increasing responsibilities at the Lebanese Transparency Association, Transparency International's national chapter. There, she was in charge of the Democratization and Public Accountability and the Youth against Corruption Programs. She designed, implemented and evaluated several projects including "Measuring Anti-Corruption Efforts and Building Demand for Effective National Integrity Systems in Egypt and the Arab World," and "Youth Partnership for the Improvement of Governance in Municipalities." Raghda joined RWI in October 2011 as Middle East and North Africa Regional Associate. She provides programmatic support for MENA operations from the regional office in Beirut, Lebanon. Raghda holds a Bachelor's degree in political science and international affairs, with a minor in economics, and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in political studies at the American University of Beirut. Roslita's involvement with extractive issues began when she joined the World Bank Group Extractive Industries Review project in 2002. Her prior work concentrated on urban open space, natural tourism and ecotourism planning. She has been involved in joint projects between Bogor Agricultural University's Research Institute and major cities in Indonesia. Roslita joined RWI in September 2007, supporting the Southeast Asia Regional Coordinator in establishing Publish What You Pay Indonesia. Since 2008, she has supported the Regional Coordinator in monitoring grants and project oversight, as well as managing and coordinating the regional office. Roslita has Master's degrees in Landscape Architecture from Bogor Agricultural University-Indonesia and Leisure Tourism and Environment from Wageningen University-the Netherlands. She has recently become the mother of twin boys. Andrew is an economic analyst at the Revenue Watch Institute. Prior to joining, he served on Canada's G7/8 and G-20 teams as an international economist at the Department of Finance, where he provided economic policy advice and participated in the planning and execution of the G8 and G-20 Summits as well as preparatory finance ministerials during Canada's host year. He has held positions in government, nonprofits and the private sector, having worked for Debt Relief International, UNICEF-Canada, Transparency International-Kenya, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ-Ghana), among others. At Revenue Watch, Andrew focuses on economic technical assistance and research to improve natural resource revenue management. His work includes advising governments and civil society on macroeconomic management, governance and accountability mechanisms, and local content in the extractives. Andrew holds an M.Sc. in Economics for Development from Oxford University, where he won a thesis distinction for his work on the monetary transmission mechanism in Tanzania. He also received a B.A. in Economics and International Development Studies from McGill University. Never at rest, Andrew still likes to go home for a regular dose of Montreal bagels and to cheer on the Canadiens. Felipe is a Political Science BA from the Peruvian Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). He started to work for RWI in September 2009, handling the development and dissemination of regional daily news and biweekly analysis. Beginning in 2010, he also supports the Regional Coordinator in project oversight and regional office administrative matters. Prior to joining RWI he worked in the Social Science PUCP Faculty in political and electoral issues as a research assistant. Carolyn has previously worked at Vanity Fair, where she assisted the magazine's venerable writers, editors, and photographers on research and story development, contributed interviews with such high-profile subjects as Norman Mailer and Ted Kennedy, and helped with the launch of VanityFair.com. She also had the honor and strange pleasure of working with and befriending Hunter S. Thompson, with whom she collaborated on his final book. Carolyn arrives at Revenue Watch after serving as Senior Editor at The Week, a newsweekly founded in Great Britain. As Communications Coordinator, Carolyn works closely with the Head of Communications and RWI's regional offices to develop and carry out publications, media outreach and advocacy campaigns as well as generate content for the web site. In her role as parliamentary program officer, Femke will support the establishment and management of existing and new parliamentary capacity development projects, including the design and delivery of courses and other knowledge services to parliaments. Additionally, she will help RWI regional offices expand and systematize RWI's approach to building the capacity of parliaments. Previously, Femke worked as program manager at the Association for European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA). She was responsible for the overall management of a parliamentary capacity building programme aimed at strengthening African regional parliaments towards achieving the MDGs. She led capacity-building activities for MPs and parliamentary staff on issues such as poverty reduction, agriculture, natural resources and climate change. Prior to this, Femke was the reporting, monitoring and evaluation officer for American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), based in the Palestinian territories. She also worked as a policy officer at the European Parliament in Brussels, where she gained in-depth experience with legislative processes, budgetary oversight and political strategizing. Femke holds a Master and Bachelor's degree in international and European law from the University of Groningen and a Postgraduate Diploma on Governance, Democratization and Public Policy from the International Institute for Social Studies in the Netherlands. She is a Dutch native speaker and also fluent in French. In her spare time, Femke enjoys yoga, sailing and tango dancing. Prior to joining RWI Brigitte worked with Kasapa Telecom and Societe General–Social Security Bank Ghana Ltd., where she was a paralegal, providing administrative support to the bank's legal team. Brigitte joined RWI in September 2010 as the Africa Regional Office Manager in Accra Ghana and assisted in setting up the regional office. She also oversees day-to-day human resources issues and provides general administrative support to the regional and deputy regional coordinators and other regional staff. Brigitte graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology. She is a part holder and student member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA UK) Professional Qualification in Accountancy. She speaks and writes basic French in addition to fluent English. Her hobbies are reading, traveling and scrabbling. Before joining RWI, Galib worked at the Open Society Institute - Assistance, as director of the Transparency of Oil Revenues and Public Finance (TORPF) program and as head of the grants department. He joined OSI in Azerbaijan at its founding in 1996, helping to manage OSI's first programs in Azerbaijan and serving as Deputy Director for several years. The TORPF program continues to collaborate with RWI as a leader facilitating civil society involvement with the EITI implementation in Azerbaijan, NGO efforts for budget and expenditure transparency, and monitoring of oil industry and IFI activities, among other projects. As RWI's Central Asia/Caucasus Regional Coordinator, Galib provides guidance to consolidate local monitoring activities and helps to manage local research, monitoring, advocacy and technical assistance. Priority countries include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, with smaller-scale activities in Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic and Ukraine. He holds a BS from Rutgers University, with majors on Finance and Management and Eastern European Studies, and speaks Russian and Turkish. Galib is married and has three sons. Prior to working for Revenue Watch Institute, Kofi worked with the Bank of New York Mellon as an Accounting and Reporting Specialist and Senior Specialist for nearly three years, he also worked as a Junior Accountant for McGuires Service Corporation. Kofi holds a BA in Management and Psychology from the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) and an MBA with a specialization in Finance from Suffolk University (Boston). Kofi likes travelling, playing and watching soccer and solving puzzles. Dauda has extensive experience working on the question of oil and the Niger Delta and is currently completing a doctoral thesis on the subject. Prior to joining Revenue Watch, he served as Senior Programme Officer in Governance, Security and Development at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). He represented CDD on the Steering Committee of Publish What You Pay Nigeria and was also National Civil Society representative on the Monitoring and Evaluation Team focusing on Millennium Development Goals' project in Nigeria. At Revenue Watch, he has spearheaded the implementation of the Bayelsa Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative (BEITI), a state-led effort developed with RWI to open up the books of oil-rich Bayelsa State to the highest levels of scrutiny and help establish the state as Nigeria’s most transparent sub-national government. He also works to ensure regular outreach to civil society on the evolution of BEITI and broader RWI efforts in Niger Delta. Dauda is co-author of two books: Democracy, Oil and Politics in the Niger Delta: Linking Citizens' Perception with Policy Reform (2007) and Governance and Institution Building in Nigeria: A Case of the Independent National Electoral Commission - INEC (2008 & 2010). He is a Harry Frank Guggenheim/African Association of Political Science Young Scholar and Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva) Young Scholar. Matthew Genasci is an attorney and Head of Legal/Economics at the Revenue Watch Institute. He has a background in tax policy, having served as international tax counsel on the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance during a notable reform of U.S. corporate and international tax rules. Matthew has also worked as an associate in a Washington, D.C. law firm specializing in transactional tax planning and as a consultant at the International Energy Agency in Paris, where he focused on the intersection of international trade law and climate change policies. At the Revenue Watch Institute, Matthew has focused primarily on fiscal policy in the extractive industries. He has worked with government officials on the development of mineral laws and policies and served as an advisor in the review and negotiation of several mining contracts. Matthew also supports Revenue Watch’s efforts to build oversight capacity in resource dependent countries. Matthew has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Masters degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, where he focused on international energy economics and policy. Alexandra Gillies holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge, where she recently completed her dissertation entitled Stunted Reform: the Political Economy of Oil Sector Governance in Nigeria. She spent 2008 in Nigeria as a Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja, Nigeria. Alexandra has consulted for Revenue Watch, the World Bank, DFID – Nigeria, and the DAI/USAID Reforms Project on natural resource governance projects, and she previously served as Assistant Director for the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University. Her publications include "Reputational Agendas and the Emergence of Oil Sector Transparency as an International Norm," which appeared in the March 2010 issue of International Studies Quarterly; "Obasanjo, the Donor Community and Reform Implementation in Nigeria," in a 2007 issue of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs; and she co-edited with Richard Joseph the volume Smart Aid for African Development (2009: Lynne Reiner). As a Head of Governance, Alexandra leads Revenue Watch research projects on the direct distribution of natural resource revenues and on the impact of transparency, and contributes to program activities in Nigeria and in several other thematic areas. Alexandra holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Ghana and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Emory University. Aladdin El-Haraty is an experienced public administrator, having worked in leadership positions with the United Nations, Statoil, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency. He most recently served as a Field Coordinator and Liasion Officer with the International Medical Corps managing doctors, nurses, and support staff, as well as liaising with government officials city, and military councils across Libya. He has demonstrated his knowledge in diverse areas such as general and human resources management, social and economic development, nonprofit management, and records and information management. As a professional member of ICMA, ARMA and ASPA, he hopes he can utilize his skills in public administration to serve Revenue Watch Institute as an effective and efficient team member. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas and earned his Masters in Public Administration and his bachelors in Historical Studies, as welll as taking specialty law courses at Texas Wesleyan School of Law. Laury Haytayan For the past two years, Laury had been executive director of the Beirut-based Arab Region Parliamentarians Against Corruption (ARPAC), where she worked with parliamentarians and civil society groups to strengthen legislators' oversight and legislative capacities. Recently, Laury was invited by the Carter Center to help monitor the first Tunisian elections after the fall of Ben Ali. Prior to working with ARPAC, she was in charge of regional grass root projects in Bahrain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia focused on promoting the role of women in development and policy making. She also worked as grant manager, advocacy specialist and trainer for several international NGOs, including International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), ACDI/VOCA and Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), focusing mainly on civil society democracy campaigns in Lebanon and Iraq. As RWI's MENA Senior Regional Associate based in Beirut, Lebanon, Laury will assist with strategic planning, project management and capacity building and lead both regional parliamentary projects and the development of a MENA extractive industries knowledge hub. Laury holds a Masters in Middle East Politics from the University of Exeter in the UK and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the Lebanese American University. She speaks Arabic, French, English and Armenian. Patrick has worked on governance and anti-corruption initiatives in the developing world for more than ten years, for organizations including USAID, the U.S. State Department, the Asian Development Bank, Creative Associates International, and the International Center for Transitional Justice. He is a Research Affiliate with the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University, where he focuses on the political economy of National Oil Companies, with special attention to Angola and Nigeria. At Revenue Watch, Patrick focuses on governance and oversight of oil sectors, legislative and contract reform, transparency, and the promotion of government-citizen dialogue. He is working closely with partners from the African Center for Economic Transformation and the Norwegian government’s Oil for Development program to develop a technical assistance program based in Accra that will help African governments manage their extractive resources more effectively. He holds a law degree from Stanford University and a master’s in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Patricia Karam was most recently Deputy Director of the Policymakers and Civil Society Unit at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), where she designed, implemented and managed capacity building initiatives, including ICTJ's flagship fellowship program. Prior to joining ICTJ, she served as Senior Grants Officer at the US Institute of Peace (USIP), managing a portfolio of projects to promote conflict prevention and peace-building in Iraq and Colombia. Previously, she was Programs and Development Officer at the Iraq Foundation in Washington, D.C., and a consultant on social justice activism for the Environmental Background Information Center in New York City. As Middle East and North Africa Coordinator at RWI, Patricia leads on local research, advocacy and capacity-building. She conducts and facilitates technical assistance, training and networking for civil society members, media and parliamentarians in the MENA region. Patricia holds an MSFS degree and a certificate in Arab studies from Georgetown University. Her PhD research at New York University has revolved around identity politics and indigenous people’s rights in the Western Sahara. From 2006 to 2009, Ruya served as Program Associate for the Baltic-American Partnership Fund, established by the Open Society Institute and USAID to ensure the continued development of democratic institutions and market economies in the Baltic States. Working with the executive director, Ruya oversaw all grants contracts and payments, evaluated grantee reports and created the annual report and ongoing communications until the closing of the program in 2009. Ruya previously served as project assistant to two winning projects of the European Commission in Ankara, and held internships with the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, the Deutsche Welle Radio and TV Network in Cologne, Germany, UNHCR in Turkey and the Turkish Ministry of Finance. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the University of Essex and a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Ankara University. Ruya speaks German and Turkish, as well as some beginner Farsi, and enjoys yoga, singing and dancing. Before Revenue Watch, Katarina worked at the United Nations in New York as well as on field missions in Afghanistan and Indonesia. While at the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights she worked on an inter-agency initiative to promote rights-based approaches in the U.N.'s approach to development, peace and security. She has also worked for UNDP, conducting policy research and managing projects in various areas including South-South cooperation, civil society partnerships and indigenous peoples' issues. As program officer, Katarina's focus is on training and capacity development in downstream phases of the extractive sector value chain including revenue management and economic diversification. She is leading RWI's work in Afghanistan and has a special interest in conflict-resource linkages, China-Africa relations and Chinese NOC engagement in extractive sector governance. In addition, Katarina oversees the development of RWI training modules and the management of fellowships. She holds a Masters in International Relations with a certificate in International Security Studies from Yale University and a BA from New School University in political philosophy. A native of Beijing and New York City, she currently resides in Brooklyn with an octogenarian Jack Russell Terrier. Emmanuel previously worked as Programme Officer with Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI), a global tripartite initiative launched in 1997 involving the World Bank, selected governments and civil society to review the impact of structural adjustment lending and policy advice in selected countries. The exercise was also aimed at ascertaining how the participation of local, broad-based civil society can improve economic policy-making. He was also head of programmes (2005-2008) for the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a regional research and advocacy organization based in Ghana. Emmanuel is an active member of several campaigns including Ghana Publish What You Pay (PWYP) and he served on the Ghana EITI Multi-Stakeholder Committee from 2004-2008. His major advocacy interest and focus is in promoting accountability and equity in the use of public resources, including those of extractive sector. Emmanuel holds a Masters Degree in governance and leadership and has over 10 years' experience working with civil society as a passionate advocate for equality and social justice. Emmanuel joined RWI in February 2008 and is currently responsible for strategic leadership, management and coordination with respect to the Africa portfolio and the Ghana regional office. RWI is currently supporting projects in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Liberia, Mozambique, Niger, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire, with several others under consideration. Since April 2011, Thomas Lassourd has coordinated the Revenue Watch Institute’s project supporting mining sector reforms in Guinea-Conakry. Based at the Ministry of Mines and Geology and working with international experts on legal and fiscal matters, he advises the government on mining-sector fiscal regimes, legislative reforms and a transparent process to review contracts signed under previous regimes. He also developed modeling tools on various iron ore and bauxite mines, including integrated mines-transport infrastructure. Prior to joining Revenue Watch, Thomas took part in the Overseas Development Institute Fellowship Scheme as a government economist in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Unit of the Republic of Burundi, where he worked on macroeconomic frameworks, models and analyses, as well as quantitative indicators and annual progress reports. Most recently he worked for the Belgian Technical Cooperation on a Common Donor Fund for tax administration reforms in Mozambique. Thomas has a Masters degree in Business Administration from HEC Paris and a Masters in economics with a major in public and development economics from the Paris School of Economics. He is fluent in French, English and Portuguese.
Marie contributes to the research and production of the Revenue Watch Index, which measures government oil, gas and mining disclosures across resource-dependent countries. She also helps to develop dissemination and advocacy strategies for the Index. Prior to joining RWI she worked for two years as a consultant in London, focusing on the natural resources sector, advising donors and mining companies on issues related to conflict minerals, artisanal mining and compliance with mining regulations, among other subjects. She has published articles related to these topics and has traveled extensively in Central Africa. Marie holds a law degree from the University of Paris II and Oxford as well as an MSc. in Public Management and Governance from the London School of Economics. Her hobbies include acting and capoiera. George W. Lugalambi is RWI's Media Capacity Development Program Officer, based in Accra, Ghana. Before joining Revenue Watch in June 2011, George was chair of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere University in Uganda, where he spent his academic career. In addition to his academic and research interests, George worked as a newspaper journalist, editor and columnist and as a consultant on media and communication. His research and published work has focused on Africa with attention to democratization and public deliberation, media systems, press freedom, media literacy, peace building and conflict resolution, formative and ongoing professional journalism training and the social dimension of Information and Communication Technologies. He is engaged with the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change in Austria and has been on its faculty. He has completed various media and communication projects for the Commonwealth Secretariat, UNESCO, DANIDA, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, USAID, SIDA and the government of Uganda. George holds a PhD in mass communications from Pennsylvania State University, where he studied as a Fulbright scholar. He previously graduated from the University of Leicester in England under the UK Commonwealth Scholarship program and from Makerere University in Uganda. George is a regular commentator in the media on public affairs. He is also active in networks advocating for media development, journalism training and freedom of expression. From 2002 to 2005, Carlos was Head of Citizen Monitoring and Promotion of Participation and then Head of Communications for Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana (GPC), an institution dedicated to promoting decentralization as a participative process. He is the author of several publications on issues related to rural development, social movements, decentralization, citizen participation and conflicts generated by extractive industries. In addition to serving as RWI Regional Coordinator for Latin America, he is also a Senior Researcher for the Peru's Center for the Study and Promotion of Development, DESCO. He works on extractive sector transparency issues with numerous civil society organizations and has been a member of the international board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Carlos holds a degree in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Ph.D. in History from the University of Miami. Rebecca leads RWI’s U.S. policy and programs, and helps advance the organization's global advocacy portfolio. Her work is focused on supporting legislative and regulatory reform efforts within government and at the international level, in partnership with RWI’s civil society networks. Prior to joining Revenue Watch in 2009, Rebecca was an Editorial Intern at Harper's Magazine. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in European History, and has also studied EU politics and institutions at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva. Angela has worked in NGO Training, Capacity Development and Organisation Development Practice for 13 years, starting her career as regional projects coordinator with Evard with sector responsibilities in disaster management, policy analysis and advocacy. From there, Angela worked as an Organization Development (OD) Practitioner with Concern Universal, executing OD and change management interventions for NGOs in the region with funding from DfID and technical support from INTRAC. Angela moved to the United Kingdom in 2001, to work with Freedom Centre International as project manager/process consultant to help establish their educational arm. In 2006, she became a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Capacity Building/Technical Advisor with Tearfund, with responsibility for building the capacity of NGO partners in India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Malawi. Angela joined RWI in 2008. She leads the strategy and implementation of the Regional Hub mechanism, and also maintains a focus on global capacity development. Angela holds a Bsc in Industrial Psychology and Organization Development from the University of Malawi, and an MBA from the University of Leicester with Finance and Management majors. She has 2 children who keep her on toes. She loves to socialize and entertain friends whenever she has the chance. Niina joined RWI in October 2010 as accountant for the Africa regional office in Accra, Ghana. Niina previously worked for the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) as a national service person; as the finance and administrative officer for Northern Sector Action on Awareness Sector (NORSAAC); then as the regional accountant for the Carter Center in Ghana. As accountant, Niina is in charge all financial issues of the Accra office. Niina holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in accounting from Tamale Polytechnic, and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Cape Coast-Ghana. Niina is easy-going with an interest in doing many calculations of figures and in seeing new environments. Prior to joining RWI in 2009, Silas spent three years leading Oxfam International's advocacy and knowledge sharing initiative in Tanzania. He has also served as capacity building advisor with the Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), head of the planning department for the Ngara District Council in northwest Tanzania, and manager of the European Development Fund-Micro Project Program in the Lake Victoria region. Silas holds an Advanced Diploma in Economic Planning from Institute of Development Management Mzumbe in Tanzania, where he has lectured on economic planning, and an MSc. in Agricultural Development and Rural Finance from the Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford (UK). "I am married to sweet Marty and father to four teenagers. Being the last born of a former gold mine worker, working for RWI takes me back home, not only to my birth place, but to the chance to promote mining for national development, prosperity and global economic justice!" Prior to joining RWI, Emil was coordinator of the National Budget Group Coalition (NBG) and head of the "Access to Public Information" project at the Open Society Institute in Azerbaijan. As coordinator of NBG from 2008-2010, Emil's main responsibilities included advocacy, public relations and fundraising. He also prepared several reports on information accessibility in Azerbaijan and other countries in the region working on the "Access to Public Information" project during the same time. As Regional Associate at RWI, Emil supports the regional coordinator of Central Asia and the Caucasus in managing regional projects, assisting with the development of regional priorities and strategies, supportting the design and implementation of grant and program monitoring and evaluation, and compiling and synthesizing news and information on extractive activities in the region. Emil holds a BA from Azerbaijan University in International Relations. Emil speaks Russian, German and Turkish, as well as some Arabic. As Senior Regional Associate, Fernando supports the regional coordinator of Latin America in managing regional projects, assisting with the development of regional priorities and strategies, supporting the design and implementation of grants and program monitoring and evaluation. Fernando joins RWI from the International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Bolivia, where he was the Project Coordinator for Energy Resources, Democracy and Development, coordinating trainings and roundtables and providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Autonomy and to subnational governments. In prior roles, he managed the Securities Department at the Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales in Bolivia, and was a financial analyst for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaría BBVA, in Spain, among other positions. Fernando holds an MBA from INCAE in Costa Rica, with a concentration in Natural Resources Administration, a Masters in Economic Development in Latin America from Universidad Internacional de Andalucía in Spain and Bachelors of Science in Economics from the Universidad San Francisco Xavier in Bolivia. He enjoy sports such as mountain biking, trekking and swimming. Matteo leads our work to develop capacity to manage and oversee the best use of resources. He manages the team responsible for key development programs in producing countries—those focused on the needs of the media and parliaments, the development of a network of regional training hubs, our fellowships program and our work on governance at the sub-national level. He is based at the RWI London office. Prior to joining RWI, Matteo was the Regional Africa Coordinator of the Publish What You Pay coalition, based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Previously he worked in Washington D.C. as a consultant for the World Bank in the field of corporate governance. He holds Master's Degree from the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor's degree in European Studies from the Royal Holloway University. Matteo grew up near Rome, Italy and lived in several countries thereafter, including the U.K., France, Belgium, Germany, the U.S., Tanzania and Cameroon. He is fluent in French and Italian and conversant in German and Spanish. Munya joins RWI with extensive administrative experience spanning fifteen years with international organizations such as Alcatel Italia and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO). At WHO, she served in various capacities, including human resource management and administrative assistant for health technical programs. Most recently she worked as the administrative assistant in the office of the coordinator for WHO Inter-country Support Team for East and Southern Africa, where she provided support in covering teams of international and local staff in 19 countries. At RWI, Munya will assist in setting up and eventually running the new London office, providing administrative support to the capacity development and advocacy teams based in Londons. Munya holds Administrative qualifications from Pitman, Institute of Administration and Commerce of South Africa and is currently pursuing a BA in Business Administration from the University of South Africa. She speaks and writes basic French and was recognized an Administrative Assistant of the Year 2010 in WHO/ESA. Always smiling, Munya fits in well with different cultures and backgrounds. Before joining Revenue Watch in January 2007, Juan Carlos worked analyzing energy policies in Latin America and helping to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at the World Bank. Juan Carlos has published articles about the oil sector in Mexico and his professional experience includes some time as speechwriter at the Policy Planning Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. Currently, Juan Carlos is leading the research, development and publication of Revenue Watch's new Revenue Transparency Index. Juan Carlos studied at El Colegio de Mexico and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Robert Ruby Robert worked as a newspaper correspondent in Europe and the Middle East, reporting from more than 30 countries, before becoming foreign editor of The Baltimore Sun. He later served as a senior editor at the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. and as director of communications for the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York. As head of communications for Revenue Watch, he oversees strategic communication issues, media outreach and publications. Robert has degrees from the Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University. He is the author of the non-fiction books Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colonly and Jericho: Dreams, Ruins, Phantoms. Matthieu has worked on governance and anti-corruption issues for about 10 years. He was previously the International Senior Advisor for Towards Transparency in Vietnam (Transparency International’s official national contact). Prior to that, he served as the Anti-Corruption Advisor for the Embassy of Sweden/SIDA in Hanoi. He also worked as a program officer for Transparency International France in Paris and for the National Democratic Institute in Algeria. At RWI, based in the Jakarta office, Matthieu is in charge of supervising a three-year USAID-funded IKAT partnership project on extractive industry governance in Asia-Pacific. He leads on project administration, coordination and strategy; providing technical assistance to Indonesian co-implementing partners and regional partners from Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Timor Leste and Vietnam. Matthieu graduated from Sciences-Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies) and from the Sorbonne (University Paris I) in History and Political Science. He published on contemporary Vietnamese politics and society. He likes to ride a Vespa in the streets of Hanoi and Jakarta, but is still surprised when people in Jakarta don’t understand when he speaks to them in Vietnamese. Prior to joining RWI, Amir was a Managing Associate in the Energy & Infrastructure team at Linklaters LLP. He worked in Linklaters' offices in London, New York and Dubai and represented clients on energy and infrastructure projects in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Amir's pro bono experience includes assisting the International Senior Lawyers Project in advising the Liberian government on a port concession. At RWI, Amir focuses on technical assistance programs to help governments improve legal regimes and contracts. He also works to strengthen capacity for natural resource sector oversight, particularly in Africa and the Middle East. Amir has a J.D. and a B.A. (History), both from the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied international relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). Amir is fluent in English, French and Farsi and has aspirations of speaking Arabic. Lamis started working for RWI in May 2013. She graduated with a BA in Public Administration from the American University of Beirut and an MA in International Relations and NGO Management from the Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University. She led the M&E department at USAID/OTI Lebanon for two and a half years, creating a number of M&E tools, case studies, evaluations, and indices that are currently being used in multiple USAID/OTI projects worldwide. In the last year, Lamis handled the regional information and M&E portfolio of four country programs - with International Medical Corps - where the Syrian crisis has taken its toll, to be shortly transitioned to a Programs Officer. In this capacity, she developed and managed multi-million dollar projects related to medical interventions in crisis, aid distribution, and capacity building of local NGOs and youth groups working on promoting a better standard of living for the displaced and injured Syrians. In addition to program design and implementation, Lamis kept the M&E lens zoomed in on measuring impact and progress in various US and UK funded projects related to the Syrian crisis through a variety of tools and metrics.Lamis is also an M&E consultant and trainer, with regional experience in Jordan, Tunis, Turkey, Yemen, and Libya. Julia previously worked for the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she was responsible for managing the museum's Access and Community programs, ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. While at the Whitney, Julia also worked with the general counsel to review contracts, consult on and research issues of non-profit governance, tax law, copyright, trademark and general corporate law. As RWI Legal and Compliance Coordinator, Julia drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts, liaises with outside counsel and oversees organizational lobbying activities as well as general compliance issues. She received her B.A. in the History of Art from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. There's nothing Julia enjoys more than a Saturday morning spent running in Brooklyn's Prospect Park followed by shopping at the Farmers' Market. As the Africa Regional Associate, Emma is based in the Ghana office. Fluent in English and French, she covers both Anglophone and Francophone African countries, supporting the regional and deputy regional coordinators with communication, research, project and grant management. Prior to joining Revenue Watch, Emma worked in Senegal for four years, with three years spent in the Oxfam GB West Africa Regional Office, where she coordinated the women's economic empowerment and market access projects. Most recently she worked on economic justice issues as part of the regional campaigns team in Dakar. Emma graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA (Honours) degree in History. As a result of a childhood spent in Africa and a love for languages, she learns new words wherever she goes and can say hello in over 10 languages. Dhanny Tantri As project assistant for the IKAT-US Project, Dhanny works closely with the Asia-Pacific team, supporting day-to-day administration. She was previously the assistant program manager for PATTIRO, focusing on a USAID-funded project to develop a communication system that uses mobile phones to map data to improve water services for the poor. She has also worked as a communications and liaison officer for PATIRO, the knowledge-sharing officer for the HIVOS Regional Office in Southeast Asia, and as a training assistant for the broadcast center of the Political and Social Science Faculty at the University of Indonesia, working on digital videos. Dhanny was also a freelance writer and part-time reporter and holds a bachelor degree from the Communication Department of the University of Indonesia, majoring in media studies. Dhanny is a food-lover at heart, who claims a passion for culinary arts but rarely does the cooking herself. Prior to coming to Revenue Watch Institute, Evelyne worked at Catholic Relief Services – Cameroon Program as Human Rights/Extractives Industries Projects Manager, with a focus on EI transparency, anti- trafficking and legal assistance in Cameroonian prisons. She also oversaw the implementation of grants and financial management for CRS/Chad. Previously, Evelyne worked as human rights Legal Advisor and Trainer at Justice and Peace Commission of Yaoundé. She has also worked with IPIS, a research unit of the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, as Research Assistant. As Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa, Evelyne is responsible for the development and support of Revenue Watch regional activities, with an emphasis on Francophone countries. Her work includes strengthening monitoring activities and initiating new research, grant-making, advocacy and technical assistance projects. She is also responsible for identifying research, capacity-building and technical assistance needs at the local, national and regional levels, and collaborating with RWI staff and outside experts to address these issues. Evelyne holds a High Diploma in human rights and humanitarian action from the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and a Diplome inter universitaire de 3e cycle en Droits fondamentaux from Nantes University, France. For the last eight years, Varsha has focused on strengthening accountability, especially by developing the capacity of local governments and civil society. Most recently, she worked with the World Bank for four years on governance projects in Africa and Asia. In her last project she worked with national and local governments in Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya to build local government capacity in public financial management systems. Before the World Bank, Varsha was an Associate for ASDC, a consulting firm specializing in evaluation and capacity building in the United States. She has also worked for the UK Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, the UN World Food Programme in Rome, Zambia and Madagascar, and an Indian NGO on disaster management projects. Varsha leads RWI's subnational capacity development portfolio. In this role she supports development of policy and practice tools and documentation of RWI's subnational projects. She is based in RWI's London office. Varsha holds a Masters in Development Management from the London School of Economics, a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning with a minor in Gender Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India. Claudia holds a BA in Economics from the Peruvian Catholic University (PUCP). Her work for RWI has included research on the impact of mineral and oil price volatility on revenues for subnational governments in Peru and the relationship between energy demand and hydrocarbon extraction from the Peruvian Amazon. Prior to joining RWI she worked in the PUCP Business Center carrying out research related to International Economics and as a teaching assistant in Public Economics. Erica Westenberg Prior to joining RWI, Erica practiced as an attorney for over five years in the Energy and Infrastructure Projects group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, where she managed numerous complex transactions in the areas of energy and natural resources, infrastructure and public-private partnerships. Her pro bono projects included work on parliamentary oversight of extractive industry contracts, as well as engagement through the International Senior Lawyers Project on governance reforms in Africa. As EITI Policy Officer, Erica leads RWI's multifaceted engagement with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, which includes supporting the RWI representative to the EITI International Board, providing technical assistance to EITI processes globally and conducting research on EITI-related issues. Erica received a B.A. in government and a certificate in African studies from Harvard College and a M.Sc. in Development Management from the London School of Economics. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she received a Chayes International Public Service Fellowship to work on legal and judicial reform in Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. Born and raised in Beirut, Ravina Zinaty has been devoted to working with civil society organizations since 2005, holding a variety of positions including project coordinator, fundraising coordinator, advocacy development specialist, and program manager. In 2006, she co-founded the League of Independent Activists (IndyACT), a global league of independent environmental, social and cultural activists who lead local, regional and international campaigns. Ravina has experience coordinating and managing projects in human rights, the environment and education. She also has extensive fundraising experience beginning at Greenpeace where she managed on-the-street and door-to-door fundraising teams. Ravina successfully fundraised as Program Manager at the Lebanese Center for Civic Education (LCCE) and Executive Coordinator for Funding at the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights (LACR); she received and reviewed proposals and provided technical advocacy assistance to local NGOs at OTI-USAID in Beirut. Ravina also led a program "One World in Schools" at LCCE that involved teaching human rights issues to school teachers and students through documentary films and interactive class activities. Ravina graduated from the American University of Beirut with a BS in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Public Health. She enjoys designing lights for theater and concerts, as well as playing drums and guitar, and has a white Persian-Angora as an animal companion. Ravina is fluent in Arabic and English. |
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