Our Trustees

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  Mike Millward

  Chair of Trustees

  Mike Millward’s career has spanned corporate security, fraud investigations, business intelligence and crisis response. His most recent role was that of founder and Managing Director of the business intelligence company MRC Global Risk where he advised clients entering new markets on how to mitigate and manage regulatory, operational and reputational risk. 

  He was previously a Managing Director at Kroll Associates advising clients on regulatory compliance and due diligence and, before joining Kroll, held a similar role at the US risk consultancy Corporate Risk International. Prior to his advisory roles, Mike was head of security and investigations at Merrill Lynch, responsible for corporate security, fraud investigations, due diligence and crisis response, having previously held a similar role at Mercury Communications. 

  Before entering the corporate sector, Mike served 12 years in the Royal Air Force in a number of investigative roles. In 2017, he was invited to join the Board of Hostage International where he is Hon Secretary responsible for the charity’s governance framework and contributes to the charity’s core activities. 

  Mike joined the Transparency International UK Board in November 2023.

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  Patrick Sherrington

  Trustee and Treasurer

  Patrick Sherrington is a Director at KPMG LLP where he focuses on corporate audit in aerospace & defence, telecommunications & media, consumer goods & retail and the transportation sectors. He has extensive financial reporting expertise in the UK and internationally. He has been a trustee and director of the Unicorn Theatre (registered charity) since 2022 where he is also Chair of their Finance & Risk Committee. They are the largest children’s theatre in the UK. He studied Mechanical Engineering and is a Chartered Accountant. He joined the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee ('FRAC') in February 2025 as an Independent Member and in April 2026 became Chair of the FRAC / Treasurer and joined the TI-UK Board as a trustee.

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  Professor Liz David-Barrett

  Trustee

  Liz David-Barrett is Professor of Governance and Integrity at the University of Sussex and Director of the Centre for the Study of Corruption. Her research focuses on corruption risks at the interface of business and government, including in state capture, public procurement and bribery in international business – and on approaches to countering these risks, including transnational governance networks in law enforcement and investigative journalism. Recent co-edited books include the Dictionary of Corruption (2023) and Understanding Corruption: How Corruption Works in Practice (2022). 

  Liz engages widely with anti-corruption practitioners globally, in international organisations, governments, the private sector and NGOs; she is also a Senior Advisor at Spotlight on Corruption. In 2022-23, she took leave from Sussex to head the Global Programme on Measuring Corruption at the International Anti-Corruption Academy. Before becoming an academic, Liz worked as a journalist in the Balkans for The Economist and Financial Times. 

  Liz joined the Transparency International UK board in November 2024.

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  Cat Evans

  Trustee

  Cat Evans is Director of European Operations and African Outreach at Independent Diplomat. She has extensive diplomatic experience gained from a UK government career specialising in conflict affected and fragile countries working on a range of political, security, development and humanitarian issues. 

  Cat was the British Ambassador to Mali and Non-Resident Ambassador to Niger (2018-2020) where she oversaw the expansion of UK engagement in the Sahel and was a member of the International Mediation for the 2015 Algiers Peace Agreement. She has also led various crisis management responses in the field, including the evacuation of UK nationals from Libya.

  Cat joined the Transparency International UK Board in October 2022.

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  James Ford

  Trustee

  James Ford is a Senior Associate at Mayer Brown International LLP. James advises corporates and financial institutions on anti-corruption, economic sanctions, export controls, human rights and money laundering in the context of investigations, complex transactions and compliance programme development and testing. 

  His experience includes in-house roles in four different sectors. He has been seconded to: the sanctions team of a European-headquartered bank; the group legal team of a European-headquartered mining company; the group export controls team of a major defence company; the disputes team of a major international bank; and the bribery and corruption team of a global oil and gas company. James helped establish and leads the Transparency International Professional Supporters (TIPS) Network, a volunteer initiative of professionals, academics and students aimed at supporting Transparency International’s advocacy and outreach efforts.

  James joined the Transparency International UK Board in January 2022.

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  Eddie Rich

  Trustee

  Eddie Rich is Chief Executive Officer of the International Hydropower Association (IHA) which is the global voice for sustainable hydropower. He has worked on the role of corporates in international development for over 20 years. Prior to IHA, he was deputy head of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) since the international secretariat was established in 2007, including a period as its executive director. His responsibilities included leading on EITI implementation globally and overseeing the organisation’s finance, human resources and communications functions, as well as the organisation of its triennial global conference. 

  His prior experience included working as the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID)’s representative to Angola and deputy head in Kenya, and as head of DFID's corporate social responsibility team. 
  
  Eddie joined the Transparency International UK Board in 2019.

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  Xenia Wickett

  Trustee

  Xenia Wickett is Director of Wickett Advisory, an advisory and executive coaching business that draws upon geopolitical, strategy and management experience to help organizations and individuals realize their potential. She also serves on the faculty of the Chatham House Academy for Leadership and on the executive board of The Pilgrims UK. Prior to Wickett Advisory, Xenia was the Vice President of Political Analysis and Integrity Due Diligence at Equinor. 

  Previously, Xenia held positions as the executive director of the PeaceNexus Foundation and director of the project on India and the Subcontinent and executive director for research at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. She has worked in the US government, academia and non-profit worlds covering US foreign policy, America’s role in the world, and geopolitics in South Asia.

  Xenia joined the Transparency International UK Board in October 2022.

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  Tom Robinson

  Trustee

  Dr. Tom Robinson is founder and Chief Scientist of Elliptic, a global leader in blockchain analytics. He pioneered the world’s first crypto transaction screening and forensic tools, which are now foundational to how financial institutions and law enforcement agencies detect and investigate financial crime on blockchains.

  Tom has spent over a decade at the intersection of emerging technology and financial integrity. As an internationally recognized expert in the illicit use of cryptoassets, his research has shed light on their use in sanctions evasion, fraud and cybercrime. He frequently advises governments and regulators on these risks and has co-authored research on the use of artificial intelligence to detect money laundering in financial networks.

  Prior to founding Elliptic, Tom held roles in both academia and the financial sector. He was also the founding CEO of MOF Technologies (now Nuada), a nanomaterials business focused on scalable carbon capture technology. Tom holds a doctorate in Physics from the University of Oxford.

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  Liz Thomas

  Trustee

  Liz Thomas is an editorial leader and investigative journalist with more than 20 years of experience. Now working with the UN's International Labour Organization, she advises on editorial strategy, strategic communications and mis/disinformation risk. She holds professional qualifications in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Oxford, the Ethics of AI from LSE, and has completed the Yale Leadership Programme.

  She built her career on Fleet Street, working first for the Daily Mail in London before moving to Hong Kong to cover East Asia. She went on to join Agence France-Presse, one of the world's leading wire services, first as APAC newsdesk editor before leading features, investigations and special reports across the region.

  She led AFP's first regional diversity and inclusion audit and founded the Women of Asia collective to support career progression for young professionals underserved by traditional pathways.

  She also co-founded two social enterprises: It Tastes Like Love, which tackles systemic discrimination in maternal health and has helped drive legislative change; and FoodSavior, an award-winning technology platform aimed at reducing food waste in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

  Liz joined the Transparency International UK Board as a Trustee in 2026.

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  Chris Salmon

  Trustee

  Chris Salmon spent the formative years of his career at the Bank of England, during which time he was the Governor’s Private Secretary through the great financial crisis, Chief Cashier, and finally Executive Director for Markets.  Informed by those experiences, Chris has a strong belief in the importance of effective institutional structures and transparency in the public sector, to ensure that decision-takers can be appropriately held to account.

  As Executive Director for Markets, Chris led various initiatives to restore wholesale financial market integrity in the wake of early 2010s conduct scandals.  Chris subsequently joined HSBC where he led work to enhance the firm’s conduct in financial markets, before leading firm-wide regulatory transformation as the Group Finance COO.

  Chris was additionally a Governor at his local state secondary school for eight years.

  
   

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  Huma Yusuf

  Trustee

  Huma Yusuf is the Head of Financial Services Responsible Investing at British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution. In this role she oversees the management of corruption, money laundering, and other integrity risks in BII's investment activities in emerging markets. Previously, she worked as a risk consultant, supporting companies in diverse sectors, including oil and gas, mining and telecoms, identify and manage political and corruption risks in the Middle East and North Africa, including through the development and implementation of anti-corruption frameworks, training programmes and stakeholder engagement and collective action plans. 

  Huma began her career as a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan, reporting on topics such as gender-based violence, urban conflict, and media freedom, all of which intersect with endemic corruption risks. She has published policy briefs and academic articles on South Asian politics, foreign policy and security, and continues to contribute to Pakistan's Dawn Newspaper. 

Independent Members Finance, Risk & Audit Committee

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  Kwaku Osafo

  Independent Member

  Kwaku Osafo currently leads the Economic Crime Prevention team and is the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for the Insurance, Pensions, and Investments division within Lloyds Banking Group. He has over 20 years’ experience within financial services, involving strategic oversight, risk and controls and Profit and Loss management. 

  He was seconded to Transparency International UK in 2020 for a period of 5 months as a member of the Advisory panel for Business Integrity. Kwaku has an Executive MBA from the Cass Business School and studied Economics and Management studies at Cardiff University. He is also a Board Member and Trustee for a Christian charity, providing governance and financial oversight. He joined the FRAC Committee in February 2021 as an Independent Member.