EZRA COHEN
FOUNDER
Ezra has worked in the field of corporate intelligence for nearly a decade, investigating corruption and tracing stolen assets. His experience includes leading the team hired by the UK government to find the assets of more than 1000 sanctioned Russian oligarchs, politicians and state-owned businesses.
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Martin Plaut
Born in South Africa, Martin Plaut is currently senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and holds the same post with King’s College London. He studied at the Universities of Cape Town, Witwatersrand and Warwick before joining the Labour Party as secretary on Africa and the Middle East. In 1984 he joined the BBC, working primarily on Africa. He became Africa editor at World Service News, retiring in 2013. Plaut has advised the British and American governments, as well as the European Parliament. He has published widely on the Horn of Africa and southern Africa.
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