Mia joined Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme in August 2017 as
Project Manager in the Industry Integrity team. She works on projects related to defence
industry influence on policy making as well as the Defence Companies Anti-Corruption
Index. Mia joined TI after two years in North Korea at the United Nations Resident
Coordinator’s Office where she worked on humanitarian, development and security matters.
Before that she managed research projects on consumer issues for a variety of clients in
the private sector. She holds MSc degrees in International Relations and Social
Psychology from the University of Amsterdam and speaks Dutch and Croatian.

Jodi Vittori is the Washington, DC-based Research and Policy Manager. She is also a
non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and she teaches on
corruption and governance at Georgetown University. Prior to joining TI-DS, Jodi was a
senior policy adviser for Global Witness, where she managed educational and advocacy
activities on linkages between corruption and national security. Prior to that, Jodi
served in the U.S. Air Force, advancing to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; her overseas
service included Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, and
Bahrain, and she was assigned to NATO’s only counter-corruption task force. She was an
Assistant Professor and military faculty at the US Air Force Academy and the National
Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs. Jodi has published on
conflict finance and illicit financial flows and she is the author of the book Terrorist
Financing and Resourcing and a co-author of the handbook Corruption Threats and
International Missions: Practical Guidance for Leaders. She is a graduate of the US Air
Force Academy and received her PhD in International Studies from the University of
Denver.

Charlotte joined DSP in March 2018. She works primarily on the Defence Companies
Anti-Corruption Index, while also contributing other aspects of the programme from admin
to research. Charlotte has a background in political risk and corporate security
services. She graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2017 with a MSci in
International Relations and Global Issues, and speaks French and Spanish.

Flora joined TI Defence & Security in September 2018 as a Project Officer in the
Responsible Defence Governance team, where she supports global advocacy efforts on the
Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index. Prior work experiences include her time spent
working in support networks for refugees, at UNESCO and the EU. Flora holds a Masters in
International Security, from Sciences Po Paris & Peking University and speaks
French, English, Mandarin and Spanish.

Najla joined DSP in September 2017 as a Project Manager in the Conflict and Insecurity
team. She works on projects related to tackling corruption in the defence and security
sectors in fragile and conflict-affected states. Prior to joining TI, Najla managed
media development, governance, and humanitarian-related research projects across the
Middle East and North Africa region for BBC Media Action, an international development
organisation. She holds an MA in Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London and
speaks Arabic.

Karolina joined DSP in August 2014. She leads the team’s work with NATO on the political
and military levels and is responsible for research and policy recommendations aiming to
mitigate the impact of corruption on interventions in fragile states. Prior to joining
TI, Karolina worked at the UK House of Commons, managing inquiries for the Environmental
Audit Committee and supporting the Committee on Standards. She holds a PhD in War
Studies from King’s College London, where she focused on the Canadian deployment in
Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force.

Henna coordinates the training activity that takes place across the team. She worked
previously as the Operations Intern in TI Defence & Security, assisting with MEL, ad
hoc research and budgetary processes. She has experience in account management and
digital marketing. Henna has an MA in International Relations from the University of
Warwick, focusing on new global security challenges and the complexities of drone
warfare.

From 2015 to 2017, Olena Tregub headed the Department for Coordination of International
Programs at the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. She was
responsible for programs and development projects funded by international grants and
loans totalling about $12 billion. After the Revolution of Merit, Olena developed
mechanisms for coordinating international assistance and approving national priorities
and areas of reform. She also ensured the effective and transparent use of funds and
public access to information on assistance, through the online openaid.gov.ua system.
Previously, Olena worked in the field of journalism, education and international
development. Olena had experience at UN Headquarters in New York, taught international
relations at American universities, and collaborated with The New York Times and
KyivPost. In 2008, she founded the Global Education Leadership consulting company in the
United States, which has implemented South America’s professional development and
training programs for young North Americans in Poland, Ukraine, Costa Rica, as well as
providing educational consulting and leadership training. Olena’s professional growth
took place in three countries: USA, Poland, and Ukraine. She lived in the United States
for more than 10 years. After the events on the Maidan, Olena returned to Ukraine to
contribute to the country’s reform. Today, Olena is a Millennium Fellowship scholar at
the Atlantic Council of the United States, a leading American think-tank on
international issues. She is also a member of the network of young leaders of the World
Economic Forum. She graduated from the Fletcher School of International Law and
Diplomacy, Central European University and Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Dr. Lada L Roslycky is an American-Canadian security expert with over 15 years of
experience working with soft power, Euro-Atlantic integration, international law, and
democracy building. Her Master’s thesis (published in The United Nations Hague Yearbook
of International Law) set the foundational guidelines for the use of weather
modification technology as an instrument of sustainable development. Her PhD
dissertation (2011 Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) predicted Russia would illegally annex
Crimea using a combination of soft power (psychological operations), post-Soviet
political-criminal relations, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet. A fellow of the Harvard
Black Sea Security Program, she created a formula explaining Russia’s policy of
strategic separatism. Lada advises governmental and non-governmental institutions. As an
external consultant for the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces
(DCAF) she analyzed private military corporations in Mongolia’s mining sector, NATO
Trust Funds and supported work of the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine on European and
Euro-Atlantic Integration. As the Director of Strategic Communications at Ukraine Today,
she authored a winning tender for the EU Deep & Comprehensive Free Trade Area
communications project. She is an expert writer for the Center for Army Conversion and
Disarmament Studies, is cooperating with NATO Science for Peace Program on Cyber
Security and is a visiting Professor at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv. Her
interests include human rights, public speaking, strategic planning, analysis,
peacebuilding, sailing, and, flowers.

Emiliia’s interests cover several areas: journalism, translation and EU-Ukraine
relations. Over the last six years she has worked at Ukraine’s national TV channels such
as ‘Ukraina’, ‘112-Ukraina’ and ‘NTN’. In 2016 Emiliia did a placement at Deutsche Welle
in Bonn where she prepared analytical materials on politics and economy. Dieniezhna
speaks three foreign languages: English, German and French. She interprets
simultaneously for the live streams of summits and press conferences. She obtained her
first higher education at the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. She graduated
with the degree in Translation from English and German. After that she taught the
English language for seven years at her alma mater. In 2018 Dieniezhna got her Master’s
degree in Political and Administrative Affairs from the College of Europe (Belgium). Her
Master’s paper was about the change of the EU image in Ukrainian media in 2014 – 2017.

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Taras graduated from Kyiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. He
worked as an analyst at a number of government agencies (the National Commission for
State Regulation in the Energy and Utilities sector, the Ministry of Regional
Development of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine), as
well as on projects for non-governmental organisations (the NGO “Make Ukraine Pure”,
Peter- Weiss-Stiftung für Kunst und Politik eV and others). He is currently working in
the Secretariat of the Independent Anticorruption Defence Committee (NAKO) on projects
to increase transparency in the defence and security sector.

Sir Ian Andrews has pursued a wide range of security interests since retiring as Second
Permanent Secretary of the UK Ministry of Defence in 2009. From 2009-2013, he was
Non-Executive Chairman of the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency – now part of the
National Crime Agency – and is the Senior Independent Director of NHS Digital where he
chairs the Information Assurance and Cyber Security Committee. He has been closely
involved in leading transformational change in large and complex public sector
organisations. As senior adviser to the TI Defence and Security programme, Sir Ian is a
senior advisor to the board committee of TI-DS and also contributes to various public
sector and academic leadership initiatives.

Stewart Eldon retired from the UK Diplomatic Service in 2010 where he held Ambassadorial
appointments at the UN in New York and Ireland. In 2006 he was appointed UK Permanent
Representative to NATO at the introduction of the Building Integrity initiative. Sir
Stewart is also now a senior advisor to the board committee of TI-DS. In addition to his
work with the TI-DS, he is Senior Civil Advisor to the Higher Command & Staff Course
at the UK Joint Services Command & Staff College and sits on the Advisory Boards of
the Staff College and of the Strategy & Security Institute at the University of
Exeter. He holds a number of quasi-judicial appointments and is a member of The
Ambassador Partnership LLP providing training & consultancy services to a wide range
of international organisations, governments and private sector clients.

Patrick Nopens retired as a Cavalry officer from the Belgian Army in 2008. He served in
the Army and Joint Staffs as well as in the Belgian Delegation to NATO and in SHAPE. He
was head of the Strategic Studies Department at the Belgian War College. He served twice
as Defence Attaché to Moscow, also accredited in the CIS. He holds an MA in Military and
Social Studies, an Advanced MA in American Studies, a Postgraduate degree in Eastern
European Studies and an MA in Military Art and Science. He attended the Belgian and U.S.
Army Staff Course and the Belgian War College. He speaks fluent Dutch, English, French
and conversational German and Russian.

Alan Waldron was a member of the original TI team which introduced anticorruption
mechanisms and advocacy into the defence sector and has led the development and
implementation of corruption risk reduction engagement and tools with a wide range of
Governments including Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Colombia, Serbia and Ukraine; and
originated the very successful Building Integrity training programme which has been
delivered at a range of venues globally and has formed the basis of many NATO, UK and
National programmes. A former RAF Director of Training he was also the Director of Air
Operations in the UK Ministry of Defence.

Matthew Page was until recently the U.S. intelligence community’s top expert on Nigeria.
For more than a decade, senior policymakers at the White House, State Department,
Defense Department, and in Congress have sought out his analysis on Africa’s most
populous country and largest economy. Matthew is the co-author of Nigeria: What Everyone
Needs to Know, forthcoming from Oxford University Press. He is also a former
International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously with the
Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Matthew also served as Deputy
National Intelligence Officer for Africa with the U.S. National Intelligence Council. He
also served as senior analyst for West Africa at the Defense Intelligence Agency and as
an Africa analyst with the U.S. Marine Corps.

After a career with the British Army, which included operational tours in Northern
Ireland, Kuwait / Iraq and the Former Yugoslavia, Nick Seymour worked in the UK Mission
to the UN as Military Advisor. Subsequently he moved to the UN itself as Chief of
Military Planning in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and then as Chief of the
Department’s African Union Peace Support Team. In both appointments the challenges posed
by corruption, particularly in fragile states, were all too clear and on leaving the UN
in 2011 he joined Transparency International Defence and Security. His background as a
planner and trainer, combined with his UN peacekeeping experience, provide him with a
broad perspective and he is actively engaged in supporting the programme’s objectives to
raise awareness of corruption risk and develop training.