Kateryna RYZHENKO

Deputy Executive Director for Legal Affairs

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Kateryna Ryzhenko is the Deputy Executive Director on Legal Affairs at Transparency International Ukraine. She joined the team in 2016, and since 2019 has been heading the Legal department. Kateryna is an expert with more than 7-year experience in anti-corruption policy development and advocacy and is author of a great number of analytical briefs and legal analyses on anti-corruption. Among her areas of expertise are criminal justice and confiscation of illicitly obtained assets.

Kateryna is a Head of the Secretariat for the first External Assessment Commission of the Performance of the National Corruption Prevention Agency (NACP). In 2019-2021, Kateryna was a Co-head of the Selection Committee for the NACP, and, in 2017-2019, the member of the Civil Oversight Council at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). Kateryna has a master’s degree from the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv and LL.M from the University of Oslo.

Author`s posts:

November 24, 2023

Obstacles in the Work of the Anti-Corruption Ecosystem

TI Ukraine conducted the second study of the management and interaction of anti-corruption infrastructure bodies, covering almost three years of their activities (2021–2023). So, to what extent do the capabilities of the anti-corruption ecosystem coincide with the results?

October 2, 2023

Selection of SAPO Prosecutors: 67 Candidates Admitted to Interviews

On September 29, the commission for the selection of prosecutors of the SAPO admitted 67 candidates to the next stage. This is 61% of the persons who submitted documents to participate in the competition.

August 15, 2023

New Head, Old Problems — Steps to Save ARMA

For a month and a half, Olena Duma has been heading the ARMA. However, despite all the assurances of her competence and willingness to truly renew the institution, the trends we have noticed indicate otherwise.