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Joseph Williams

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Prior to joining NRGI, Joseph coordinated Publish What You Pay’s international advocacy agenda and campaigns to increase transparency in the extractive sector. This work on voluntary and mandatory measures spanned the extractive industry value chain. From 2010 to 2013, Joseph managed the European campaign for mandatory financial disclosure by oil, gas and mining companies through the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives, which were agreed in 2013. He was also responsible for communications and information resources for the international PWYP coalition of 700 members across 40 countries.

Before becoming involved in natural resource governance, Joseph worked at the International Crisis Group on its Central Africa Project and then moved to China where he wrote for London-based newspaper Africa-Asia Confidential on relations between China and Africa. Joseph’s previous experience included research, project management and advocacy work in Brussels, where he worked for various EU institutions including the European Parliament.

Joseph holds a M.A. in European studies from the University of Exeter and a M.S. in development management from the Open University. Born in Australia, he grew up in India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. He speaks English and French.

Joseph leads on NRGI’s campaigns for more effective and widespread global transparency and governance standards in the oil, gas and mining industries. His Twitter handle is @JosephWilliams.

Authored content

Latest U.S. Oil and Mining Transparency Rule Will Not Deter Corruption

Joseph Williams
16 December 2020

Commodity Trading Transparency: Voluntary Guidelines Show the Way, Authorities Must Now Legislate

Joseph Williams
28 September 2020

Big Sellers: Exploring the Scale and Risk of National Oil Company Sales

Briefing
14 June 2019
Alexander Malden, Joseph Williams

U.K. Financial Regulator Confirms Extractive Companies Must Name Government Entities to Which They Make Payments

Joseph Williams, Miles Litvinoff
25 April 2019

Contract, Environment, Gender, Project and Commodity Sales Data Among New Disclosure Requirements of Strengthened EITI

Daniel Kaufmann, Erica Westenberg, Rebecca Iwerks, Joseph Williams, Robert Pitman
28 February 2019

Governance and Trade Patterns of Gold Producers in the 2017 Resource Governance Index

24 August 2018
Kaisa Toroskainen, Anna Fleming, Joseph Williams

U.S. Oil Majors Must End Transparency Hypocrisy

Daniel Kaufmann, Joseph Williams
12 February 2018

Generating Government Revenue from the Sale of Oil and Gas: New Data and the Case for Improved Commodity Trading Transparency

Briefing
18 January 2018
Joseph Williams, Alexander Malden

Gran Día en Bogotá

Joseph Williams
8 March 2017

Big Day in Bogotá

Joseph Williams
8 March 2017

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