Anti-Corruption

Eka Tkeshelashvili is a distinguished visiting fellow with GMF’s Transatlantic Democracy Working Group (TDWG). She works on anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine and provides expertise on Georgian civil society and the geostrategy of the Black Sea region.

Tkeshelashvili previously served as Georgia’s deputy prime minister, minister of justice, minister of foreign affairs, National Security Council secretary, and state minister for reintegration. She also established and led the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine and the Support to Anti-Corruption Campion Institutions, the two largest international assistance programs dedicated to countering corruption in Ukraine. 

Tkeshelashvili is a professor at Kyiv’s Civil and Political School and at Tbilisi’s Black Sea University, and leads the Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies. She holds a master’s degree in international law from Notre Dame Law School, a certificate in human rights law from Oxford University, and a diploma in law from Tbilisi State University.

Valeriia Ivanova is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund (GMF), where she conducts research on Ukraine's postwar recovery and anti-corruption efforts. Her analysis is aimed at proposing effective strategies for rebuilding infrastructure amid wartime challenges. She also develops initiatives to strengthen anti-corruption mechanisms within Ukraine's governmental structures.

Before joining GMF, Ivanova held the position of deputy head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine. During her tenure, the agency focused on addressing the consequences of Russian aggression against Ukraine, implementing measures to protect critical infrastructure, and restoring social infrastructure and logistical networks. While in this role, she participated in the development and implementation of policies aimed at ensuring transparency and combating corruption in the execution of infrastructure projects.

Ivanova is the key expert on corruption prevention in recovery efforts within the USAID “Pro-Integrity in the Public Sector” project. She leads a team responsible for implementing a project aimed at developing and executing a framework establishing clear rules and mechanisms for preventing, detecting, and addressing corruption at various stages of the recovery process.
Until 2022, Ivanova served as an official at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine, where she specialized in the strategic analysis of corruption risks and developed strategies to minimize them within public administration. Before joining public service, Ivanova worked in the civil sector and for one of Ukraine’s most influential independent investigative journalism organizations, where she conducted investigations into cases of illicit enrichment by officials and unlawful influence on the formation and implementation of state policy. Ivanova holds a master’s degree from Dnipropetrovsk National University with a major in journalism.