José Ugaz

José Ugaz is the Chair of Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation. He served as Ad-Hoc State Attorney of Peru during the Fujimori-Montesinos affair (2000-2002) and his office opened more than 200 cases against 1,500 members of the Fujimori network. Under his mandate, US$205 million in assets were frozen abroad and US$75 million were recovered. Ugaz was a member of the UN Peace Keeping Mission and the UN Election Observers Mission for El Salvador, and served at the World Bank’s Institutional Integrity Office. He teaches criminal law at the Universidad Católica del Perú, and is an Eisenhower Fellow, a global network committed to creating a world more peaceful, prosperous and just.