Aaron is a financial crimes lawyer and investigator by background. As an independent consultant, he has advised governments and other stakeholders on extractives sector governance, political risk and anticorruption issues, foremost in Nigeria. He also serves as an expert witness in cases involving alleged wrongdoing in the oil and gas industry. Aaron has published reports on the Nigerian oil sector with NRGI, Chatham House and the U.S. Institute of Peace, among others.

At NRGI, Aaron supports the organization’s Nigeria country program and helps develop and implement NRGI’s growing work on corruption.

He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.