Francisco Bustamante joined the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption programme in May 2025 as a Specialist, Corruption Prevention, based in Ecuador.

As a Legal Specialist, he supports the Institute’s work with public institutions and key stakeholders in Latin America to implement legal and technical measures aimed at strengthening environmental governance. Prior to that, Francisco has already worked for the Basel Institute as a consultant.

Before joining the Basel Institute, Francisco was a Legal Advisor to the Environmental and Social Remediation Programme of Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment (2010–2012) and to the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (2013–2016). He is also an experienced university lecturer, having taught on both undergraduate and graduate programmes.

Francisco graduated as a Lawyer from the Universidad de las Américas (2004) and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Energy and Environmental Law from Tulane University (2008).