Diana Cordero joined the Base Institute on Governance in 2018 and is currently a Senior Specialist, Asset Recovery at the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR). 

In her role, she supports the Ecuadorian judicial authorities in developing and implementing legal strategies to recover illicit assets laundered in foreign jurisdictions. Since May 2021, she has been working at the Directorate of Cooperation and International Affairs of the Prosecutor General Office of Ecuador, which serves as the central authority for mutual legal assistance.

To strengthen the capacities of enforcement and judicial authorities, she also contributes to the design and implementation of training programmes within the institutions with which ICAR maintains cooperation agreements.

Before joining the Basel Institute, Diana worked within the Peruvian Judiciary. She served as a lawyer at the Special Public Prosecutor's Office for Corruption Offences and as an associate lawyer at a law firm specialising in economic criminal law.

Diana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo and a Master’s degree in Criminal Law from the Universidad Pedro Ruiz Gallo, both in Peru. She also holds a Master’s degree in Anti-Corruption Policies from the University of Salamanca in Spain. She was admitted to the Bar Association of Peru in 2013.