{{Infobox person | name = Patricia Moreira | image = Future Against Corruption Award Ceremony - Patricia Moreira.png | caption = Patricia Moreira at the Future Against Corruption Award Ceremony | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | education = | alma_mater = *University of California * INSEAD | occupation = Managing director | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Patricia Moreira''' was the managing director of the international secretariat of Transparency International, an organization that campaigns against corruption, between October 2017 and February 2020.
==Early life and education== Moreira is Spanish-Brazilian.<ref name="World Bank bio">{{cite web |title=Patricia Moreira Managing Director, Transparency International |url=https://live.worldbank.org/Patricia-Moreira |website=World Bank |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806193943/https://live.worldbank.org/Patricia-Moreira |url-status=dead }}</ref> She has a BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MBA from INSEAD, France, and conducted PhD research in Social Entrepreneurship at ICADE University in Madrid.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/patricia_moreira_appointed_managing_director_of_transparency_international|title=Patricia Moreira appointed Managing Director of Transparency International|first=Transparency International|last=e.V.|date=|website=transparency.org|access-date=3 October 2017|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003175148/https://www.transparency.org/news/pressrelease/patricia_moreira_appointed_managing_director_of_transparency_international|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Moreira worked as a management consultant for Juárez & Associates and Arthur D. Little for ten years, and then for the Spanish aid organisation Ayuda en Acción, rising to the position of director general.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.compromisoempresarial.com/tercersector/ong/2009/06/patricia-moreira-nueva-directora-de-ayuda-en-accion/|title=Patricia Moreira, nueva directora de Ayuda en Acción|author=|date=|website=compromisoempresarial.com|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> She was CEO of Ayuda en Acción from 2009.<ref name="World Bank bio"/>
In October 2017, she succeeded Cobus de Swardt as head of Transparency International.<ref name="auto"/> During her tenure, Moreira grew the organisation’s income and reduced its number of underfunded projects.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=CORINNA |first=BUDRAS |date=19 June 2020 |title=Die dunklen Seiten der Korruptionsjagd |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/transparency-international-die-dunklen-seiten-der-korruptionsjagd-16803895.html?printPagedArticle=true |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221181145/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/transparency-international-die-dunklen-seiten-der-korruptionsjagd-16803895.html?printPagedArticle=true |archive-date=21 February 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Moreira was a board member of the United Nations Global Compact<ref name="UN">{{cite web |title=UN Global Compact Board |url=https://www.unglobalcompact.org/about/governance/board/members/bios |publisher=United Nations Global Compact|website=UN Global Compact |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> and a Council representative on the International Land Coalition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.landcoalition.org/en/contacts/patricia-moreira|title=Patricia Moreira|last=|first=|date=|website=International Land Coalition|access-date=2019-11-13|archive-date=2019-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113103557/https://www.landcoalition.org/en/contacts/patricia-moreira|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 she spoke at the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, arguing that "corruption hits most the poor who suffer the consequences of corrupt regimes."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/europe/world-marks-anti-corruption-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113110928/https://www.voanews.com/europe/world-marks-anti-corruption-day|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2019|title=World Marks Anti-Corruption Day|website=Voice of America|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iaccseries.org/blog/we-need-action-now/|title="We Need Action Now!"|date=2018-10-22|website=IACC Series|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> In 2019, she admonished Western banks for facilitating corruption in Gambia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2019/apr/04/ex-presidents-theft-gambia-tops-300-million/|title=EX-PRESIDENT'S THEFT FROM GAMBIA TOPS $300 MILLION|website=amsterdamnews.com|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/9480-ti-gambia-corruption-enabled-by-western-banks|title=TI: Gambia Corruption Enabled by Western Banks|last=Biscevic|first=Tajna|website=www.occrp.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
In 2019 she argued that citizen's rights and democratic institutions were threatened by the trend for more authoritarian and populist regimes across the world which should be resisted by greater checks and balances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/corruption-causing-a-global-crisis-of-democracy/|title=Corruption causing "a global crisis of democracy"|last=|first=|date=|website=Government & civil service news|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
A news article published in 2019 by The Guardian reported that staff at the Transparency International Secretariat complained about bullying and harassment within the organisation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Doshi|first=Vidhi|date=21 August 2019|title=Transparency International staff complain of bullying and harassment|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/21/transparency-international-staff-complain-of-bullying-harassment|access-date=21 February 2022|website=the Guardian}}</ref> Two investigations were launched after the allegations. The investigation conducted by the law firm Taylor Wessing documented individual incidents "in which the values/principles of transparency and accountability were not ensured entirely, and one case that might qualify as harassment at the workplace."<ref name="transparency.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.transparency.org/en/press/independent-review-into-allegations-of-ethical-misconduct-at-the-transparency-international-secretariat-concluded|title=Independent review into allegations of ethical misconduct at the…|website=Transparency.org}}</ref> The investigation concluded, however, that "these behaviours did not constitute a systematical breach of the TI-S Code of Conduct or TI values and its guiding principles, but were related to lack of open communication."<ref name="transparency.org"/>
Moreira disputed the findings of the investigation and claimed she had not been given a chance to respond to the allegations.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Doshi |first=Vidhi |date=21 August 2019 |title=Transparency International staff complain of bullying and harassment | Global development |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/21/transparency-international-staff-complain-of-bullying-harassment |access-date=2022-04-20}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Anti-corruption watchdog hit by legal row over staff 'bullying' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/06/anti-corruption-watchdog-hit-by-legal-row-over-staff-bullying |website=the Guardian}}</ref> Following a legal complaint from Moreira, Transparency International was forced to withdraw the publication of the investigation reports from its website.<ref name="transparency.org" /> She also filed a complaint against the Board of Transparency International and claimed there were toxic office politics at the organisation.<ref name="auto1" /> In February 2020, she was dismissed from Transparency International without explanation.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
It was claimed that Moreira's mandate and efforts to restructure the Transparency International Secretariat, and her own accusations of bullying made against Board members, upset entrenched interests at the organisation and ultimately led to her dismissal.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="auto1" />
Investigations specialist Harriet Witchell has stated that the Transparency International board’s handling of the complaints process was beset by conflicts of interest and failed to address allegations of misconduct made against the board.<ref>{{cite web |last=Witchell |first=Harriet |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Exposing Corruption at the Lead Anti-Corruption Organisation: Harriet Witchell and the Case of Transparency International |url=https://thespeakoutpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1945409/10132858-exposing-corruption-at-the-lead-anti-corruption-organisation-harriet-witchell-and-the-case-of-transparency-international |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=Speak out podcast |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303221256/https://thespeakoutpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1945409/10132858-exposing-corruption-at-the-lead-anti-corruption-organisation-harriet-witchell-and-the-case-of-transparency-international |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Witchell |first=Harriet |date=July 29, 2021 |title=Review Concerning Investigation of Bullying Allegations by Transparency International in 2019/20 |url=https://ia601500.us.archive.org/30/items/review-investigation-transparency-international-2019-20/Review%20Investigation%20Transparency%20International%202019-20.pdf |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=MyKludo}}</ref>
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