Dr. Rick Stapenhurst is an Associate Professor at McGill University. He is a former board member at the Parliamentary Centre, a member of Transparency International, and the North American co-chair of the Research Committee of Legislative Specialists.
Prior to joining McGill University, he worked at the World Bank, concentrating on anti-corruption and parliamentary development and writing extensively on these issues.
Dr. Stapenhurst is an accomplished author; his most recent publications include Anti-Corruption Evidence: The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption (Springer, 2020), a book which he co-edited with Rasheed Draman, Brooke Larson and Anthony Staddon; Legislative Decline in the 21st Century, co-edited with Irina Khmelko and Michael Mezey (Routledge, 2000) and Developing an index of EX_POST Parliamentary Oversight of Parliamentary Finance (Journal of Legislative Studies, 2019) which he co-authored with Kerry Jacobs and Cedric Eboutou.
Dr. Rick Stapenhurst holds a doctorate in Business and Commerce from the Australian National University, where he researched presidential and parliamentary systems of government.
Wayne Dunn is the founder of the CSR Training Institute and CSR | ESG Institute. A former Professor of Practice in sustainability at McGill University, he is recognized as a global thought leader and pragmatic problem solver, frequently speaking on business, social responsibility, economics, and strategy at events worldwide.
He is an award-winning global sustainability expert with extensive teaching, writing, lecturing and advisory service experience. He is supported by an extensive faculty and advisory team.
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Special Advisor to the President
of Ghana on the SDGs
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Head of Community Engagement
Future Global Resources
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Former CFO
BP Exploration
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Snr. Mineral Sector Governance
Advisor,
United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa/UNECA
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ESG & Sustainability Coordinator
Ecobank West Africa
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Accountant General
United Republic of Tanzania
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