STREAM HOUSE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Fmr Director Anticorruption & Asset Recovery
Alan Bacarese was Stream House's Director of Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery until the end of 2018, when he was appointed as Director for Integrity and Anti-Corruption for the office of the president at the African Development Bank.
He was a valued member of the Stream House team, who pioneered several formative initiatives at Stream House, in particular to developing our expertise network within Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery, successfully leading challenging in a wide range of countries.
Alan is widely considered a leading international authority on trans-national bribery, corruption and asset recovery. He also co-authored many books and technical papers on bribery and corruption, fraud, asset recovery, and human rights.
Stream House is proud to have Alan as an alumnus.
Job Titles:
- Account Manager
- Programme and Account Manager
Anne Marvaldi was Stream House's Program and Account Manager from September 2017 to March 2019.
An academic lawyer specializing in all aspects of cross-border civil justice and procedure, Aude Fiorini is able to call on her Franco-German legal training and 12 years lecturing experience in the United Kingdom to provide a balanced and comparative common law - civil law perspective to her legal analysis and advice. A judicial trainer for over 10 years with the TAIEX Office of the European Commission, as well as ERA, she has also provided training for the Russian Federation and the Latvian Government, has acted as a consultant to the Hague Conference on Private International Law and undertaken commissioned research for the European Parliament on the realisation of the EU civil agenda. In 2013/14, she acted as a legal advisor to the government of Montenegro providing technical assistance with the development and subsequent implementation of their Justice and Home Affairs Action Plans, latterly assessing the degree of compliance of civil procedure and enforcement legislation with the European acquis and international standards.
Aude is a Franco-German trained lawyer who has over 15 years experience as an academic in France and the United Kingdom. A specialist in cross-border civil justice, she provides judicial training and advice to states across Europe.
Job Titles:
- Senior Software Engineer
- IT Engineer
- Senior Software Applications Programmer
Bright is a senior software engineer and mobile telecom API engineer with 12 years of experience designing and developing software for a variety of industry and government sectors.
Bright Okona is a senior software applications programmer (web, desktop and mobile) and Telecom API engineer. with over 5 years of Anti-corruption data analytics experience developing mobile apps, analytics portals, data-crunching algorithms and training to support citizen empowerment.
Job Titles:
- Investigation Advisor
- Investigation Expert
Colin Ehren is an internet investigation advisor with extensive experience on Government, Police, Corporate and Private Sector investigations. His work encompasses investigations, capacity building and training.
As a former detective in the Metropolitan Police Confidential Unit, New Scotland Yard, Colin was responsible for the development of confidential and high-ranking intelligence information through technical exploitation of the Internet and open and grey source material. His work encompassed fighting organised crime, terrorism, economic crime and child exploitation as well as strengthening national security and anti-corruption. In these realms Colin developed comprehensive investigation strategies and training plans. Upon his retirement from the Police in 2010, he was one of the most experienced Internet Investigators and Trainers in the UK.
Colin shared his expertise as a consultant and trainer with numerous institutions and organisations such as the Basel Institute on Governance, StAR - World Bank, International Forum on Countering Corruption in Procurement (Panama), MANS (NGO), Serious Organised Crime Agency (now NCA), UNODC and CEPOL.
Colin has trained countless Officers, Investigators, Analysts, Researchers and Managers across UK, Europe, South America and Uganda.
Colin Ehren is an internet investigation expert with extensive experience on Government, Police, Corporate and Private Sector investigations. His work encompasses investigations, capacity building and training.
Job Titles:
- Human Rights Lawyer & New Technologies
Danny specializes in law and new technologies. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law and Social Sciences (Universidad Diego Portales, 2014), a Master's degree in Law and New Technologies (Universidad de Chile, 2017) and is a candidate for a LL.M. in International Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law (European University Viadrina, Germany 2018-present). In addition, he has carried out postgraduate studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, as an Erasmus+ Scholarship Holder (2019).
In his professional activity, he has integrated several teams as a litigant lawyer and as a legal researcher. Since 2017, Danny has been part of consulting teams for companies and international organizations in matters of human rights, data protection, information security, corruption prevention systems and, in general, in matters related to law and new technologies. Among these experiences, he has worked as Litigation Coordinator (2015 - 2017), and as a Research and Projects Coordinator (2018 to date), at Fundación Datos Protegidos, organization where he currently acts as a board member. He has also participated as a consultant in projects related to privacy and information security for the organization Tactical Technology Collective (2018), for Stream House AG (2019- to date) in projects related to implementation of anti-corruption technology systems, and in Marco Legal (2019- to date) boutique law firm in Chile, specialized in IT-related matters with a particular focus on the ethical application of technology and respect for the human rights and care for the digital ecosystem. He has also collaborated with the Mozilla Foundation as a Mentor and Expert of the Mozilla Open Leaders Program (2018 to date), participating in the training of leaders leading to the creation of open innovation and research projects.
Danny Rayman graduated as a Lawyer in Law and Social Sciences from the Diego Portales University, Chile. He holds a LL.M. in New Technologies from the University of Chile and is currently enrolled in a LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Viadrina European University, Germany. Danny brings expertise in business and human rights, digital rights and cybersecurity.
Job Titles:
- Natural Resource Governance, Africa
- Resource Governance Expert
Friedemann Gille is a natural resource governance expert with extensive experience in Sub-Sahara Africa. Until recently, Friedemann managed GIZ's regional resource governance programme covering Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote d'Ivoire. Previously, while working as a technical advisor to the ICGLR,Friedemann was instrumental in designing the whistleblower system instrument and have it ratified as one of the six tools of the Regional Initiative. Friedemann brings a unique perspective of the problems associated with effective natural resource governance and in evaluating risks associated with the wider implementation context of the whistleblower system. Friedemann is proficient in English, French, German and Kiswahili.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Policy and Technology Expert
Hari Mulukutla is a senior anti-corruption strategy, policy and technology expert. Hari advises governments and international organizations on approaches to stemming corruption and recovering stolen assets using a combination of networks, technology, policies and coalition building. Hari enjoys building an international and diverse group of experts at Stream House.
Job Titles:
- Certified Anti - Money Laundering Specialist
- Executive Director of Repatriation Group International
- Founding Executive Director of Repatriation Group International
Jack D. Smith is the founding Executive Director of Repatriation Group International. He previously served as the director of Litigation for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington, D.C. and was the founding director of the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in Basel, Switzerland. Over a period of 16 years, Mr. Smith directed the FDIC's worldwide recoveries of a record USD 6 billion lost by failed financial institutions due to negligence and fraud. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and teaches International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Jack Smith, Executive Director of Repatriation Group International, is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and teaches International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.
Jihane Ben Yahia has specialised in research, analysis, data collection and management, capacity building in the field of governance and rule of law, having worked with local, international and public stakeholders in Africa and in the Middle East. Jihane's current focus is on anti-corruption, security sector reform, and disarmament affairs.
Katharina Stumpf recently completed her Masters Degree in Governance and Public Policy at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. She studied political science, with a focus on anti-corruption, at the University of East Anglia and the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg.
Job Titles:
- Director Governance and Accountability
Lucy Koechlin brings particular expertise in the realms of governance and accountability systems, having worked with national and international stakeholders across Africa, Asia and Central Europe. Lucy is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Social Anthropology and Centre for African Studies, University of Basel, Switzerland, with a focus on governance, political transformations, urban politics and natural resources in Africa.
Patrice Poitevin is a 35 years veteran of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where he was the subject matter expert on Anti-Corruption and compliance for the RCMP. He retired in October 2017. He has also worked on organized crime and white-collar crime investigations. He is an internationally recognized expert on anti-corruption, ethics and compliance and is sought as a speaker, lecturer and trainer on anti-corruption, ethics, compliance, fraud and money laundering. Mr. Poitevin also has extensive experience in program development and capacity building.
In his previous role as senior investigator and outreach coordinator for the Sensitive and International Investigations unit of National Division, Mr. Poitevin' s mandate was to connect with Canadian businesses to help them mitigate their risk and exposure to bribery and corruption. Mr. Poitevin worked with private and public organizations to advised them on tools, strategies and good practices to increase their capacity to prevent, detect and manage corruption risk and enhance the role of those organizations in fighting corruption. As part of his mandate, he evaluated the effectiveness and thoroughness of compliance programs of companies under investigation.
His experience, expertise and passion for anti-corruption, ethics and compliance led him to develop and become the co-founder of the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption (CCEAC). The CCEAC is a university-based entity focussed on sharing best practices and assisting public and private organizations tackle corruption, compliance and ethical issues. The CCEAC encourages information sharing and a multi-sectorial approach to finding solutions and assisting public and private organizations while engaging the next generation of leaders to take an active role in tackling the issues and improving the organizational culture by promoting ethical governance and robust compliance measures.
In a distinguished career of public service of 20 years, Raphael Baku served as a Deputy Inspector General of Government of the Republic of Uganda between 2005-2013 for 8 years and also as an Acting Inspector General from 2009-2012, appointed by the President. Raphael was responsible for a broad range of functions, providing leadership to promote and foster strict adherence to the rule of law by implementing effective enforcement of the Leadership Code of Conduct; conducting investigations of complaints of corruption and authorizing prosecutions where a corruption offense has been established and stimulate public awareness on good governance and constitutionalism. Raphael represented the IG at national, regional and international meetings, conferences and seminars which led him to be elected to serve as the President of the East-African Association of Anti-corruption authorities. Prior to that, from 1996-2001, Raphael served as a Member of Parliament representing the West Moyo Constituency. Raphael has a law degree and an LLM from the Makerere University in Kampala and brings enormous experience and insight into the running of integrity institutions within the African context and is a recognized leader in the field.
Raphael Baku is a highly respected public servant and former MP from Uganda, having served as the Deputy IG and acting Inspector General of Government for several years and led several prosecutions in the fight against corruption in his distinguished career. Raphael brings unique experience of running public sector institutions established to promote the Rule of Law.
Sam Makkan is a UK Barrister and a former senior Prosecutor and Divisional Crown Advocate, with over 25 years experience. He is currently working as a criminal justice advisor on a DfID Rule of Law (Justice and Security) programme in Pakistan. He is a recognised and published human rights expert and has a wealth of experience in rule of law, governance, judicial and legal reform, anti-corruption evaluations and assessments, institution strengthening and human rights initiatives. Sam has worked with many of the key international agencies such as the UNDP, USAID, the EU, Council of Europe, F&CO and DFID. He has extensive experience of working in SE Asia, the Balkans and the former Soviet Republics.
Job Titles:
- Asset Tracing Expert
- International Asset Tracing Expert
Stephon Grey is an International Asset Tracing expert, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Forensic Auditor with eighteen years experience with expertise in: Asset Tracing, Contractor Audits for Oil and Gas, Corruption Investigations, Forensic Accounting & Auditing, Follow the Money Investigations, Corporate Intelligence, Forensic & Anti-Fraud Training.
As an Asset Tracing expert, he has served as an advisor in the implementation process of asset recovery agencies in the Caribbean and East Africa. With clientele in the Caribbean, Americas, Asia, and Europe, he has also served as a Consultant for five of the world's leading international investigative and audit firms, carrying out Asset Tracing & Forensic Audit assignments.
Stephon is considered an Oil and Gas Contract and Procurement audit expert. He has executed sixty-four such exercises, in the energy sector, as an Independent Assessor to three major energy conglomerates, with his work resulting in millions of dollars in contract fraud and abuse being identified, recovered and saved.
He is the founder and Executive Head of the Caribbean Institute of Forensic Accounting and has carried out International Asset Tracing and Recovery Speaking Engagements in the Caribbean, Ecuador, Thailand, Ethiopia, Miami, and Hong Kong.
Currently he serves as the Head of Forensic & Investigatory Services at Baker & Partners, Jersey, UK.
Tom Lasich is a widely respected authority on anti-money laundering, corruption, bribery and asset recovery matters. Tom has developed highly effective AML and financial investigation training programs using case simulations delivered globally in dozens of countries.
Tom Lasich has been associated with Stream House since 2011. He was head of training at the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), Basel Institute on Governance in Basel, Switzerland till recently. He designed and developed technical training programs that are delivered by ICAR globally including in Africa on a variety of topics including Anti-corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery. Mr. Lasich was a criminal investigator and manager with the U.S. Treasury Department and the Inspector General's Office of the Resolution Trust Corporation for 27 years. He conducted money laundering and financial investigations of organized crime members, major corporations and narcotics syndicates throughout the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim. He is a contributing author to the publication Tracing Stolen Assets. He teaches International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. Tom Lasich designed and developed several domain specific simulated case scenarios at Stream House for training law enforcement officials including a mineral fraud and smuggling scenario involving Cassiterite in DRC and a Gold-Smuggling scenario for Burundi and surrounding areas.