Robert Barrington is Executive Director of the UK chapter of Transparency International, the world’s leading anti-corruption organisation with chapters in over one hundred countries. He is an authority on global corruption, corporate bribery and corruption within the UK and is a regular commentator in the media.

He joined Transparency International in 2008, leading the campaign to secure a new Bribery Act in the UK, and became Executive Director of TI-UK in 2013. He was previously Director of Governance & Sustainable Investment at F&C Asset Management, and CEO (Europe) of the Earthwatch Institute.

Robert regularly acts as an adviser to UK government departments, including membership of the Ministry of Justice’s Experts Group drafting the official guidance on the Bribery Act.

Recent publications and projects include How to Bribe, Adequate Procedures – Guidance to the UK Bribery Act, Fair Play, Countering Small Bribes and Corruption in the UK.

Robert has a degree from Oxford University, where he also held a three year Visiting Fellowship, and a PhD from the European University Institute.