Phil was with DFID for over 25 years. He started DFID’s anti-corruption work in 2000 under International Development Secretary Clare Short and developed the Department’s first anti-corruption efforts. This included working with the Home Office and other Whitehall departments on issues such as anti-bribery legislation, Trade ministry on practices of British companies abroad, and with the Treasury on anti-money laundering and the early days of thinking about asset recovery. He helped negotiate the UN Convention Against Corruption which was agreed in 2003. Between 2005 and 2009 he headed DFID’s Overseas Territories Department. He returned to lead the Anti-Corruption team again in January 2010 and retired in 2019. Phil Mason was awarded an OBE in 2015-6.

Jan serves as a non-executive director on several Boards and worked with the International Business Leaders Forum for over 20 years as an adviser and latterly as a member of the Board of Trustees. As CEO of InterMatrix Group, for some 40 years Jan has been professionally active in international business development in 30+ countries and as a thought leader and adviser to major corporations on responsible business practices. He co-authored the book “Business Survival and Social Change”, which was published in 1975 and focuses on the business case for corporate engagement and investment to tackle key economic and social development issues. He is an active member of the B20 and is an adviser to the WEF/PACI “Building Foundations of Trust and Integrity” programme.