Team

Agatino Camarda

Director & Co-Founder

Agatino Camarda is a founder of CiFAR and leads our programmes and projects. With a background in international relations and a focus on the Middle East and North Africa, since 2010 Agatino has worked to support civil society worldwide on human rights, anti-corruption, migration and asset recovery.

Jackson Oldfield

Director & Co-Founder

Jackson Oldfield is a founder of CiFAR and leads our research and policy work. He has a background in international law and has worked for several years in a range of policy and research positions looking at asset recovery and anti-corruption, corporate human rights responsibility and legal reform. Jackson co-chairs the UNCAC Coalition Asset Recovery Working Group and is a member of the Civil Society Advisory Council for the Uzbekistan Vision 2023 Fund, restituting recovered assets from Switzerland.

Clara Czuppon

Project Coordinator

Clara Czuppon is a Project Coordinator at CiFAR, focussing primarily on our work with civil society in West Africa. After completing a master's in social sciences, she invested time and work in various non-profit organizations. Clara has expertise in migration, non-formal education, and civil mobilization against corruption.

Lewis Kundai

Policy & Research Officer

Lewis Kundai is a Policy and Research Officer at CiFAR, focussing primarily on legal and policy reform in Kenya and across Africa. With a background in international relations and project management. He has worked for civil society organisations and has been particularly engaged in initiatives aimed at addressing illicit financial flows.

Lucas Olo Fernandes

Project Manager

Lucas Olo Fernandes is a Project Manager at CiFAR, focussing on our work with Equatorial Guinea. He is a trained lawyer and holds an MSc in E-Governance. Lucas began his career in 2005 as a researcher at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. His professional background in governance started at Dow Jones Risk and Compliance in 2009, he later joined Transparency International (TI) in 2012 as the Regional Coordinator for Central African countries. In 2016, he also served as the Interim Internal Managing Director of TI and as Programmes Coordinator. Since 2020, he has managed EU grants aimed at protecting activists and promoting human rights and good governance in Equatorial Guinea, collaborating with various organizations including the Commission of Jurists of Equatorial Guinea, TI-Portugal, and now CiFAR.

Laila Martin Garcia

Co-Founder & Chair of the Board

Laila Martin Garcia is a founder of CiFAR. She has a background in international relations, security, and development. She has worked in the defense of human rights and non-violent movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Laila is currently working on planning strategies of communication and advocacy on the rights of the immigrant and Latino community in the United States. Laila has chaired our board since June 2021.

Pedro Gomez Pereira

Board Member

Pedro Gomes Pereira brings over 15 years of experience in dealing with anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and asset recovery at the operational and policy levels, both at the national and international levels. During his professional career, he has had the opportunity to work on several high-profile corruption and asset recovery cases in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa and engage with both government and non-government actors on the asset recovery process. He has further interacted and engaged with civil society and other NGOs from different jurisdictions to discuss their participation and engagement in the prevention and combating of corruption in the context of the asset recovery process.

Vaclav Prusa

Board Member

With a track record in the field of development cooperation and good governance reforms, Vaclav Prusa brings over 15 years of professional expertise and experience to CIFAR's board. He possesses a profound understanding of the complex dynamics involved in supporting institutional and individual partners through development assistance. Having spent many years working in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe, Vaclav has developed a comprehensive understanding of the support to governmental and non-governmental partners and global networks active in the field of addressing illicit financial flows, money laundering and asset recovery. Beyond his professional accomplishments, he demonstrates a dedication to the pursuit of global social responsibility. He supports the importance of holding corrupt individuals accountable for their actions, which aligns perfectly with CIFAR's mission.

Dr. Bridget Onochie

Board Member

Dr. Bridget Onochie is the Editor and Bureau Chief of The Guardian Newspaper, Abuja, Nigeria and the Program Coordinator at the Institute of Development and Strategic Communications (ISDEVCOM), Nasarawa State University, where she lectures on development communications. She has two decades of experience in the media, covering beats around the parliament, judiciary and foreign affairs amongst others. She has experience in conducting investigative journalism over this period and has a good knowledge of the African media space.