
Juhani Grossmann
Director, Green Corruption / Senior Advisor for Central and Eastern Europe+41 61 205 55 30
juhani.grossmann@baselgovernance.org
Juhani Grossmann directs the Basel Institute's Green Corruption programme and is Senior Advisor for Central and Eastern Europe. He joined the Basel Institute in April 2020.
As Director of the Green Corruption programme, he provides strategic oversight of the 20-member team located in eight countries, consisting of financial investigations and corruption prevention experts. The team advises law enforcement on the financial elements of crimes that affect the environment as well as building robust corruption prevention systems at natural resource agencies and state-owned enterprises. The Green Corruption programme's strategy for 2025-28 envisions a strategic prioritisation of engagements related to forestry, critical minerals and renewables.
As Senior Advisor on Central and Eastern Europe, Juhani leads the Basel Institute’s multi-faceted support to Ukraine since the wide-scale invasion in 2022. This includes advisory work to Ukrainian Ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises, and close collaboration with Ukrainian civil society with the aim of strengthening the integrity of Ukraine’s Restoration efforts.
Prior to joining the Institute, he spent close to 20 years in Indonesia, the Philippines, Ukraine and Russia leading anti-corruption and good governance programmes, advising governments and civil society on internal controls and compliance, public service complaint-handling systems, strategic communications, access to public information, election oversight and integrity, and campaign finance regulation.
Juhani holds a Master’s degree in Public Management from Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany, as well as an MA in International Conflict Resolution and a BA in Political Science, both from Landegg International University in Switzerland.