Scarlet Wannenwetsch joined the Basel Institute in 2017 and is currently Head of Collective Action. In this role, she is responsible for leading, implementing and expanding the Institute’s Collective Action programme, ensuring its strategic integration across the organisation and advancing its conceptual development and uptake.

She also leads the Collective Action Mentoring Programme and the Institute’s Collective Action activities. These include project managing the implementation of the Siemens Integrity Initiative, as well as leading the Institute’s international policy work on Collective Action, with a particular focus on the Southern African region and ASEAN.

Scarlet also heads the Institute’s engagement with the Business 20 (B20) on corruption and served as Deputy Co-Chair of the Integrity and Compliance Task Force in 2021/22, having previously acted as a network and knowledge partner.

Between 2021 and 2024, she lectured on the Master's programme in Anti-Corruption Compliance and Collective Action at the International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Prior to joining the Institute, Scarlet gained experience at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Germany) and worked as a legal advisor for an international start-up.

She holds a law degree (LLB) from King's College London and an LLM in Public International Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Free University of Berlin.