Dr Kolawole Olaniyan

Dr Kolawole Olaniyan is an anti-corruption and human rights defender and scholar. He obtained his doctorate in international law on corruption at the Law School of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, USA. He has consulted widely in the field of anti-corruption and human rights, including for national anti-corruption commissions, governments, and civil society groups like the Transparency International in Berlin, Germany. He works for Amnesty International in London. He has been a visiting lecturer at the departments of law of both the University of Bristol and SOAS University of London. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association. He has published widely in the field of human rights, governance, economic crime, money laundering and corruption, including his seminal book on Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa. Dr Kolawole brings all his experience and expertise to the organisation and chairs the Leadership Council.