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Our Team

Lucy Claridge

Lucy Claridge

Executive Director

Lucy is the Executive Director of the International Lawyers Project. Prior to joining ILP, she was the Senior Counsel and Head of the Strategic Legal Response Centre at Forest Peoples Programme. Her work focused on helping forest and indigenous people across the globe secure their rights to their lands and their livelihoods before international, regional and domestic bodies and courts.

John Bush

John Bush

Programme Director for Tax & Fiscal Reform 

John Bush is an established tax expert, he has advised the OECD, the governments of Turkey, Liberia, Angola, and Namibia, as well as USAID, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and IRS on taxation reform.

Megan Musni

Megan Musni

Anti-Corruption Legal Manager

Megan is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines with six years of experience working in the Philippines' Supreme Court where she lectured and managed a number of judiciary reform programs, including on the Code of Conduct for Public Officials.

Steph Muchai

Steph Muchai

Programme Director for Governance and Anti-Corruption

Steph Muchai is admitted to the Roll of Advocates, at the High Court of Kenya, and is a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Board and Steering Committee.

Oliver Windridge

Oliver Windridge

Senior Director (Governance and Anti-Corruption)

Oliver Windridge is an international lawyer with over 15 years’ experience specialising in anti-corruption, business and human rights, sanctions, international human rights, and international criminal law.

Emily Horsbrugh

Emily Horsbrugh

Operations Manager

Emily is an accomplished operations professional with a strong background in non-profit operations and administration.

Udit Mahalingam

Udit Mahalingam

Legal Fellow

Udit recently graduated from City Law School with a Distinction on the GDL course.

Storm Thiaka

Storm Thiaka

Legal Fellow

Storm is a final year law student at the University of Nairobi.

Emily Horsbrugh

Emily Horsbrugh

Operations Manager

Emily is an accomplished operations professional with a strong background in non-profit operations and administration.

Eva van der Merwe

Eva van der Merwe

Senior Director

Eva is a financial crimes barrister and co-chair of the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition, a common advocacy platform for UK-based economic justice NGOs. She formerly led ILP's Anti-Corruption and Media Defence projects globally.

Mary Ongore

Mary Ongore

Legal Manager (Tax and Fiscal Reform)

Mary Ongore is a Kenyan legal professional with extensive experience in taxation. She holds an LLB degree from the University of Leeds and an LLM in Tax Law from Queen Mary University of London.

Maria Cristina Mundin

Maria Cristina Mundin

Senior Legal Manager

Maria Cristina Mundin is a qualified lawyer in the Philippines and holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law (Distinction) at Queen Mary University of London. She leads International Lawyers Project's Environment and Sustainable Development programme.

James Somerville

James Somerville

Senior Content Editor

James edits ILP's blog posts and other content. He studied Law at the University of Oxford, before completing a Master’s degree in Philosophy at King’s College London, with a focus on political philosophy.

Michael Durst

Michael Durst

Special Advisor Fiscal Reform

Michael Durst is a retired US tax practitioner, an author on international taxation and developing countries, a former government official and a law professor, and a Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD).

Tina Amador-Robles

Tina Amador-Robles

Legal Fellow

Tina is a Filipino corporate lawyer who is highly experienced in legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance work in the fields of energy, infrastructure, environment, and public utilities.

Wendy Nyakweba

Wendy Nyakweba

Legal Fellow

Wendy Nyakweba is a Kenyan legal professional.

Antonella Vallejos Vitalevi

Antonella Vallejos Vitalevi

Legal Fellow

Antonella is an Argentinian human rights lawyer.

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