Marie Gay Alessandra Ordenes

Gay is the Technical Director and Anti-corruption lead at the EITI International Secretariat. She provides strategic and technical leadership on the implementation of the EITI Standard, including oversight of the EITI Validation process and guidance on the organisation’s data strategy. She also leads EITI’s work on anti-corruption, with a particular focus on licensing, beneficial ownership, and contract transparency. She played a key role in developing EITI’s anti-corruption strategy and in drafting the anti-corruption requirements in the 2023 EITI Standard. 

With extensive experience in natural resource governance, Gay has worked closely with EITI-implementing countries in Asia, advising national stakeholders on strategies to mitigate corruption in the extractive sector. Before joining the EITI International Secretariat, she held various legal positions in the executive and judicial branches of the Philippine government, including as court attorney for appellate courts where she handled administrative, labor and corporate law.