
Thierry Vircoulon
Research Associate, French Institute of International Affairs
Associate Professor, The Colorado School of Mines
Dr John Heilbrunn is a professor of international studies. He is a public sector reform specialist and anti-corruption expert with over 35 years of experience in political economy analysis, governance, anti-corruption and programme evaluation. He is fluent in French and has served as a consultant to different donors (DFID, World Bank, USAID, AfDB) in numerous countries including Benin, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia. He was previously Senior Public Reform Sector Specialist for the World Bank, which involved acting as Team leader for the anti-corruption thematic group responsible for communicating official policy on anti-corruption to staff. This also involved reviewing large programmes for their treatment of corruption risks. Dr Heilbrunn is the author of over 30 publications including Oil, Democracy, and Development in Africa (Cambridge 2014) and “Anti-Corruption Commissions: Panacea or Real Medicine to Fight Corruption” (World Bank 2004).