Annamarie has over 35 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, company secretary, governance expert, and director in listed companies, private firms, and the public sector. Qualified with B.Iuris (cum laude), LLB, and LLM, she completed an executive program at Darden Business School. A member of the King Committee (2007–2020) and key contributor to King IV™, she has led governance initiatives and advised on King VTM. She served on boards of Strate, SITA, Pick n Pay, and other organizations, and was a past chairman of the Company Secretaries’ Interest Group. Since 2005, she has consulted on legal, compliance, and governance, now leading FluidRock Governance Group. A regular workshop presenter on director responsibilities, she specializes in corporate governance, board effectiveness, and regulatory compliance, offering guidance to directors, trustees, and governing bodies.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Andersen is the Executive Director of the Basel Institute on Governance, where she leads the Institute’s strategic direction and oversees its global efforts to counter corruption, strengthen governance and promote integrity in the public and private sectors. She assumed the role in March 2025, following a distinguished career at the intersection of law, justice, governance and international development.

Before joining the Institute, Betsy served as Executive Director of the World Justice Project, a non-profit organisation working internationally to advance the rule of law.

Betsy has a rich legal background spanning academia and practice. Among other roles, she has served as Associate Executive Director of the American Bar Association and Director of its Rule of Law Initiative. She has also served as Executive Director of both the American Society of International Law and Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia Division.

She is a frequent speaker and widely published author on topics relating to international human rights, transitional justice and rule of law development, and she has served as an adjunct professor at the American University Washington College of Law.

Betsy brings extensive experience working with and serving on the advisory committees and boards of non-profit organisations and associations, including the International Law Institute (U.S.), CEELI Institute (Czech Republic), Misongi (Cameroon) and the ASIL Women in International Law Interest Group (U.S.). She is a member of the American Law Institute and Council on Foreign Relations and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Williams College.

For her contributions to advancing the rule of law and international justice, Betsy has been honoured with numerous awards. These include a Williams College Bicentennial Medal, the American Society of International Law Prominent Woman in International Law Award, and the American Bar Association Section of International Law World Order Under Law Award.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Russian Studies from Williams College, a Master in Public Affairs (MPA) from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and a Juris Doctor (JD) from Yale Law School.

Elodie Beth Seo is a Senior Manager in the OECD Anti-Corruption Division. She leads engagement with non-member countries as part of the OECD Working Group on Bribery’s global relations strategy, promoting the standards of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. With over 20 years of experience in anti-corruption, business integrity, and law enforcement, Ms. Beth Seo has previously served as Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor for the UNDP Bangkok Hub in Thailand, and as an Advisor to the Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission through a technical assistance programme supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. She has also worked on ethics and corruption prevention as Head of Unit in the OECD Public Sector Integrity Division, and as a Senior Project Officer for a UNESCO–UNODC partnership on education for justice. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Law from Sciences Po Paris and a postgraduate degree from the ESCP-EAP European School of Management.

Ms. Fotjona Taçe, serves as Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption, since January 2024. She brings over 17+ years of extensive expertise as Project Executive and Management Consultant working in economic development projects in Albania and Western Balkans countries. Throughout her career, Ms. Taçe has demonstrated deep expertise in the strategic management of complex, high-impact projects across critical sectors of the Albanian economy, driving impactful initiatives within economic development, SME growth, access to finance, and cultural heritage innovation. Ms. Taçe has successfully led initiatives supported by major international partners and donors, both in Albania and throughout the Western Balkans, in digitalization/ICT-based platforms, resulting in the creation of innovative tools and smart technologies across sectors like banking, agriculture, and tourism. Possesses self-drive to thrive within dynamic, fast-paced environments, focusing on business generation, client satisfaction, and collaborative efforts. Committed to driving positive change and delivering tangible results in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

Hanne Juncher is Director of Security, Integrity and Rule of Law at the Council of Europe. She was previously the Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and in charge of the Council of Europe’s action against money-laundering and other economic crime. Hanne headed the Council of Europe’s work on justice and legal co-operation as well as its human rights support and awareness-raising work. She first joined the Council of Europe as a legal adviser, and also worked for the Ministries of Defence of Denmark and the United Kingdom. She has postgraduate degrees in law from the Universities of Copenhagen and Essex.

Juhani Grossmann directs the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption programme and is Senior Advisor for Central and Eastern Europe, in which role he heads the Institute’s Representative Office in Ukraine. He joined the Basel Institute in April 2020.

As Director of the Green Corruption programme, he provides strategic oversight of the 20-member team located in eight countries, consisting of financial investigations and corruption prevention experts. The team advises law enforcement on the financial elements of crimes that affect the environment as well as building robust corruption prevention systems at natural resource agencies and state-owned enterprises. The Green Corruption programme’s strategy for 2025-28 envisions a strategic prioritisation of engagements related to forestry, critical minerals and renewables.

As Senior Advisor on Central and Eastern Europe, Juhani leads the Basel Institute’s multi-faceted support to Ukraine since the wide-scale invasion in 2022. This includes advisory work to Ukrainian Ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises, and close collaboration with Ukrainian civil society with the aim of strengthening the integrity of Ukraine’s Restoration efforts.

Prior to joining the Institute, he spent close to 20 years in Indonesia, the Philippines, Ukraine and Russia leading anti-corruption and good governance programmes, advising governments and civil society on internal controls and compliance, public service complaint-handling systems, strategic communications, access to public information, election oversight and integrity, and campaign finance regulation.

Juhani holds a Master’s degree in Public Management from Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany, as well as an MA in International Conflict Resolution and a BA in Political Science, both from Landegg International University in Switzerland.

Klaus Moosmayer, PhD, is Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG and serves on the Audit, Risk and Compensation Control committees of the Board. From 2018 until 2025 he was a Member of the Executive Committee and Chief Ethics Risk and Compliance Officer of Novartis AG. Before joining Novartis, he was the Chief Compliance Officer of Siemens AG. Klaus is Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Good Governance at the World Economic Forum and serves on the Advisory Council of the Corporate Governance Institute at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He is a member of the Faculty of the International Anti Corruption Academy.

Lucie Jones joined the Basel Institute on Governance as Senior Specialist, Governance and Integrity in September 2022. She has recently completed a multi-year project to strengthen the evidence base for anti-corruption Collective Action, delivering a new conceptual framework and practical tools that help practitioners, policymakers and researchers design more effective approaches to strengthening business integrity. She is currently acting Compliance Officer for the Basel Institute, overseeing integrity and compliance initiatives across the organisation.

At the Basel Institute, Lucie also bridges Collective Action, governance and integrity by leading and advising on compliance and governance mandates within the Private Sector team. Her expertise lies in governance and compliance systems, business integrity and strategy development, with a focus on developing risk-based approaches that support resilience and sustainable organisational performance.

Prior to joining the Basel Institute, Lucie was Chief of Staff and then Head of Governance & Strategy at Cochrane, the world’s leading evidence-based healthcare organisation. In that role, she delivered two organisational strategic plans and developed a monitoring & evaluation approach to assess organisational impact. She delivered one of the UK’s first fully virtual Annual General Meetings, and has extensive experience in corporate governance and in writing organisational policies.

Lucie holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford and has certifications in leadership and risk management.

María José Veramendi Villa is a Human Rights Officer at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, focal point for and Anti-Corruption and Human Rights in the Economic Social and Cultural Rights Section. Previously she was Coordinator of the Rule of Law Unit of the OHCHR country office in Honduras. She is a former researcher for South America at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, and previously a senior lawyer and coordinator of the Human Rights and Environment Program of the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), a regional civil society organization based in the Americas working to protect the right to a healthy environment where she litigated cases concerning violations of economic, social, cultural and environmental rights before human rights protection systems. She also served as a lawyer at the Legal Defence Institute, a Peruvian civil society organization promoting access to justice for victims of human rights violations. She also has experience in regional human rights systems having served as a lawyer and Human Rights Specialist at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). She has participated as a professor and lecturer in courses and seminars and has published on various human rights topics. María José has practical work experience in human rights and its interlinkages with corruption, including the protection of human rights defenders and anti-corruption activists. She is a Lawyer from the Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota, Colombia) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima, Peru), holds a diploma in Women’s Human Rights: Theory and Practice from the University of Chile (2006) and an LL.M (Master of Laws) in International Legal Studies with a specialization in Human Rights from the Washington College of Law, American University.

Dr Nirmala Reddy is an award-winning thought leader and specialist, overseeing the strategy and execution of Nedbank’s enterprise and supplier development portfolio. She holds a doctorate in alternative medicine as well as an international honorary doctorate conferred for her contribution to community and business-economic upliftment.

As head of Enterprise and Supplier Development for the Nedbank Group, she spearheaded innovative programs across multiple industries, empowering small,

medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs), fostering sustainable growth and socio- economic inclusion across South Africa.

Dr Reddy’s earlier career focused on community-based development, implementing solutions to address hunger and poverty, and to improve access to basic services. She remains deeply committed to transforming lives through education and dialogue. Her multidisciplinary background spans business, community development and supporting fellow agents of change - men, women and children on their personal journey of mastery. With deep expertise in the SME landscape, Dr. Reddy champions robust frameworks to navigate unique challenges like regulatory hurdles, funding gaps, and market access. At the Basel Governance Conference, she will illuminate best practices for SME support in Africa, drawing from her frontline experience driving impactful change.

Peter Maurer is President of the Board of the Basel Institute on Governance and 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.

In recognition of his long humanitarian and diplomatic service, Peter Maurer has received prestigious honours from the Governments of Germany, France, Japan and Luxembourg.

Among other engagements, he is a Member of the Advisory Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a Member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance.

Peter Maurer holds a PhD in History and International Law from the University of Bern. He has been awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of Basel, Perugia and Waseda.

He oversees SECO’s global economic cooperation and development grants totaling USD 1.9 billion. Previously, he served as Policy Advisor at SECO, coordinating the Swiss International Cooperation Strategy 2025–28. From 2018 to 2023, he was Head of Economic Cooperation and Development in Indonesia, managing over 30 projects spanning SME finance, value chains, trade competitiveness, tourism, public finance, and sustainable urban development. Earlier, in Bern, he managed Switzerland’s partnership with the World Bank and co-led IDA capitalization negotiations. Before joining the Swiss Government, he worked as a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank and UNDP. He holds an MA from American University in Washington DC and a BA from the University of Geneva and Sciences Po in Paris.

Pinn Siraprapasiri is a senior manager at the Thai Private Sector Collective Action Against Corruption (CAC), where she leads international collaborations with partners such as the OECD, the Basel Institute on Governance, the World Bank Group, ADB, and UNODC. Her work focuses on strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation, engaging regulatory bodies and government agencies, and expanding the CAC Incentive Pool through initiatives like the CAC Change Agent Program. She also represents CAC in public forums and supports national anti-corruption networks including NACC, ACT, HAND, and KRAC. Before joining CAC, Pinn served as a lecturer and Deputy Director at the Department of Political Science, Thammasat University. She previously worked as a research analyst at the IMF Institute of the International Monetary Fund. Pinn holds a Ph.D. candidacy in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an M.Sc. in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford, and dual B.A. degrees in Business Economics and Political Science from Brown University.

Rhoda Weeks-Brown is Founder/CEO of Cape Palmas Global Advisors LLC and Founder/President of the Aurelia & Edith Breast Cancer Foundation. These roles follow an over 34-year career in private practice and at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including service as IMF General Counsel (Chief Legal Officer) and Special Advisor to the IMF Managing Director.

As General Counsel, Rhoda provided advice to the IMF’s Governors, Executive Board, management and staff and led the legal department’s work on a wide range of pivotal policy, country and institutional matters, including the design of legal and institutional reforms in IMF member countries in areas that included fiscal and financial sector governance, anti-corruption and the rule of law. Rhoda has published book chapters, articles and blogs on the work of the IMF, and was the first woman and first developing country national to serve as IMF General Counsel. She was listed by the Financial Times as one of the Top 27 Global General Counsels and one of the top 5 General Counsels in the area of Promoting Ethical Standards (2020).

With a J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude) from Howard University, Rhoda is a member of the Leadership Council of the World Justice Project, the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA), the Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance (P.R.I.M.E. Finance), and the Boards of Directors of Results for America and TalentNomics, Inc.

Scarlet Wannenwetsch joined the Basel Institute in 2017 and is currently Head of Collective Action. In this role, she is responsible for leading, implementing and expanding the Institute’s Collective Action programme, ensuring its strategic integration across the organisation and advancing its conceptual development and uptake.

She also leads the Collective Action Mentoring Programme and the Institute’s Collective Action activities. These include project managing the implementation of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, as well as leading the Institute’s international policy work on Collective Action, with a particular focus on the Southern African region and ASEAN.

Scarlet also heads the Institute’s engagement with the Business 20 (B20) on corruption and served as Deputy Co-Chair of the Integrity and Compliance Task Force in 2021/22, having previously acted as a network and knowledge partner.

Between 2021 and 2024, she lectured on the Master’s programme in Anti-Corruption Compliance and Collective Action at the International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Prior to joining the Institute, Scarlet gained experience at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Germany) and worked as a legal advisor for an international start-up.

She holds a law degree (LLB) from King’s College London and an LLM in Public International Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Free University of Berlin.

Ms. Ramadani is a certified legal auditor with over 12 years of professional experience in the public sector, bringing extensive expertise in the field of public external audit. She currently serves as Adviser on Anti-Corruption to the Minister of State for Public Administration and Anti-Corruption, where she contributes to the advancement of key policy initiatives and the implementation of Albania’s anti-corruption agenda. Prior to this role, Ms Ramadani served for seven years as a Senior Auditor at the Albanian Supreme Audit Institution (ALSAI), where she played an active role in strengthening public financial management and enhancing the effectiveness and accountability of public administration institutions. In parallel to her public service, Ms. Ramadani has also contributed to academia, serving for four years as a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Law of “Luarasi” University (2018-2022), where she taught the course “Law of Obligations and Contracts”. She holds a degree in Law, an MSc in Civil and Commercial Law, and has been admitted to the Bar as an Attorney-at-Law since 2015.

Vanessa Hans is Director of the Private Sector team 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.

In her role, she leads a team of compliance and Collective Action specialists, taking a dual approach to engaging and strengthening the private-sector response to corruption risks in business transactions: by advancing anti-corruption Collective Action, and through technical assistance to private corporations and state-owned enterprises.

She regularly advises organisations ranging from small and medium enterprises to multinationals, state-owned enterprises and international organisations on topics relating to governance, ethics and compliance. She also leads the Basel Institute’s work on synergies between corruption and business and human rights as well as in the humanitarian sector.

Vanessa is a Board member of the United Nations Global Compact Network Switzerland and Liechtenstein. She also is a member of the Advisory Group of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific (ACI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as the Anti-Corruption Leaders Hub of the OECD under the Global Initiative to Galvanize the Private Sector as Partners in Combatting Corruption and the UNCAC Working Group on Human Rights and Corruption. She is part of the Independent Sustainability Sounding Board of Argor-Heraeus, a Switzerland-based gold refiner.

Prior to joining the Institute, Vanessa was the Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines where she established the first network-wide code of conduct and was appointed Data Privacy Officer. She initiated multi-stakeholder C-level committees addressing challenges across: gender, youth, infrastructure, agribusiness, and market access. Under her leadership, the Chamber won the French public service delegation contract as the only trade agency in the country under Team France Export.

She previously worked at several non-profit organisations focusing on corporate social responsibility and international development strategies.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in International Relations from HEC Montreal and a Master of Science in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Nottingham University Business School.

Vanessa is a competitive long-distance cyclist and a certified mountain bike instructor.

Mr. Yassir Chokairi is. :

• A graduate of the Hassania School of Engineering;
• Former Senior Consultant in the Financial sector;
• 15 years Anti-corruption praticionner and Government Expert for the UNCAC review mechanism
• Cooperation and Development Director at the Moroccan Authority for Probity (INPPLC), in charge of coordinating Anti corruption programs and initiatives related to good governance and the fight against corruption.