WHO WE ARE
MEET THE ACCESS INFO TEAM, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Team & Board of Directors
The Access Info Europe team consists of our Board of Directors, International Advisory Board, staff members, as well as consultants, interns, and volunteers. The core team is based in the office in central Madrid, although some consultants are based elsewhere.
The Board of Directors (“Junta Directiva”) is elected by the General Assembly of members for a three-year term. The legal representatives of the organisation are the President and the Vice President. The Executive Director, who reports to the Board of Directors, is also a legal representative of the organisation.
Access Info was founded by Helen Darbishire (read more about our founder here)
Carlos Cordero Sanz
Director of Sustentia, a founder of Access Info Europe
President
Joan Barata Mir
Legal expert, Fellow at the Cyber Policy Center of Stanford University
Secretary
Carole Ewart
Convener, Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland
IAB liaison
The International Advisory Board
Access Info’s International Advisory Board provides strategic advice, guidance and moral support, helping the team shape projects so that they have the maximum possible positive impact on transaprency in law and practice.
Joan Barata Mir
Legal expert, Fellow at the Cyber Policy Center of Stanford University
Honorary Members
All current and former members of the International Advisory Board are also made Honorary Members. The following former IAB or Board of Directors members are Access Info Honorary Members:
- Alberto Alemanno – Professor in European Union Law at HEC & The Good Lobby
- Ana Petruševa – Journalist and co-founder of Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
- David Goldberg – Campaign for FOI Scotland
- Fabrizio Scrollini – Founder/Director, Latin American Open Data Initiative (ILDA)
- Ivan Pavlov – Lawyer and open government activist, Russia
- Ivan Szekely – Open Society Archives, Hungary
- Julia Keseru –The Engine Room
- Kevin Dunion – Convener of the Standards Commission for Scotland / Former Scottish Information Commissioner
- Maeve McDonagh – Emeritus Professor of Law, University College Cork
- Päivi Leino-Sandberg – Professor of Transnational European Law, University of Helsinki
- Zuzana Wienk – Director at Bystriny (Currents), investigative journalist, OGP Steering Committee
Cover photo: Paul Gagnon via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)