Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

According to its website the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) seeks through partnerships between government, companies, and civil society to ensure the transparency of payments by companies to government and of revenues received by those governments, to encourage accountability.

Peter Eigen was offered 'an invitation from Gareth Thomas, the UK’s minister for international development, to lead an International Panel to take forward the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)."

International Advisory Group Members

Chair: Peter Eigen, Transparency International

Sam Laidlaw, Executive Vice President, Chevron Texaco

Graham Baxter, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, BP

Edward Bickham, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Anglo American

Yannick Tagand, DE/ETI, Ministère des Affaires étrangères, France

Larry Greenwood, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development. Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Samir Sharifov, Executive Director, State owned Oil Fund of Azerbaijan

Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Nigeria

Carlos Garaycochea, EITI Coordinator, Adviser to the Minister of Energy and Mines

Karin Lissakers, Open Society Institute

Gavin Hayman, Lead Campaigner, Global Witness

Sabit Bagirov, Chairman of Board, TI Azerbaijan

Father Patrick Lafon, General Secretary, Central African Bishops Conference, Cameroon

Karina Litvack, Director, Head of Governance & Socially Responsible Investment,F&C Asset Management

Supporters

Ben Mellor, Head of EITI Secretariat

Tim Ayres, EITI Secretariat

Peter van der Veen Manager, Mining Department, World Bank