ASSESSMENT ADVISORY BOARD

Former Permanent Representative of the Republic of Serbia to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva Born on 2 August 1950 in Belgrade, Serbia, Ambassador Zvekic holds a law degree (LL.B), MA and  PhD in sociology/law. He was a Fulbright Scholar (1973-75) and then worked in the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research in Belgrade from 1976 till 1984 when he joined the United Nations Crime and Drug programme.

Born in Mexico City on April 19, 1965, Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro Massieu has been a career diplomat since 1990. She has the rank of Ambassador since April 2012. She was the Consul General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macao SAR of the People’s Republic of China, from August 2011 until May 2016. Since May 22nd, 2016, she acts as the Ambassador of Mexico in Austria, with concurrent accreditation to Slovenia and Slovakia.  Ambassador Buenrostro Massieu has previously served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Mexico to Spain; Press Councillor at the Embassy to the United States, and Head of the Political Section at the Embassy to the United Kingdom.

Having worked as a Research Officer at the UN Crime and Justice Research Institute (1969 - 1975) ; Social Affairs Officer with the UN Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (1976 - 1984) ; and Senior Programme Officer with the UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control (1984 - 1987); he headed from 1987 to 1997 the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, which is now an integral part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and, from 2003 to 2005, he was the Director of the Division for Treaty Affairs of UNODC.

Dr. Edward Gamaya Hoseah has worked in the public sector for more than 35 years. He retired from public service and resumed his legal practice at Hoseah & Co Advocates in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He holds a PhD (Law) from the University of Dar es Salaam (2007) focusing on law of Evidence. He finished his Masters Degree in Law from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario in Canada (1989) and he attained his LL.B (Hons) from University of Dar es Salaam (1985).

Mr Abu Kassim began his career as Investigation Officer at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) in 1984. He made his way up to the Director of the Planning and Policy Coordination Division in 1999, and the Director of ACA for the states of Perak and Penang respectively in 2000 and 2003. He was appointed Director of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Academy (MACA) in 2005; Chief Integrity Officer at Amanah Raya Berhad in March 2006, and Deputy Director General I of ACA in 2007.

Mr. Ameli is a member of the French Committee on Private International Law and a founding member of the International Association of Business Lawyers. In addition to his extensive private practice, Mr. Ameli has been a Professor of the Sorbonne Law School and other reputable institutions for 25 years, teaching civil law, international contracts, international trade law and international commercial arbitration in the Middle East. Mr. Ameli is the Head of the Chair of Ethics and Financial Norms at the Sorbonne Law School. Mr. Franҫois Ameli focuses on international contract law, litigation and arbitration, international insolvency and international labor law. Mr. Ameli frequently drafts and negotiates cross-border commercial contracts for a wide variety of industries and new technologies and services. He counsels foreign businesses seeking to take over French companies. He also provides clients with broad-based guidance on all aspects of their business from marketing and financing techniques to the hiring of transnational staff and customs issues.

Currently President of FTM Global Recovery LLC Suzanne Hayden has spent thirty years in public service and law enforcement, serving as a senior advisor to members of the US government (Justice, State, Treasury and Defense) and to International Organizations including International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Anti-corruption Academy (IACA). Ms. Hayden has provided guidance and training in the areas of anti-corruption, financial crime and integrity building for the public and private sectors throughout the world.