Daniel Freund

Daniel Freund leads Transparency International's work on the integrity of the EU institutions. He is responsible for EU Integrity Watch (www.integritywatch.eu), as well as the work on legislative transparency, conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving doors and the legislative footprint. Before joining TI, Daniel was a political adviser to German Green Gerald Häfner in the European Parliament working on constitutional and legal issues. Daniel is also one of the founders of the European Daily, a platform for news and opinion from a European perspective. Daniel has previously worked at the German Foreign Ministry, the EU Delegation to Hong Kong, Deloitte Consulting and the French National School of Administration (ENA). Daniel has a master’s degree in public affairs from Sciences Po Paris and an undergraduate degree in political sciences, economics and law from Leipzig University. Daniel has also studied International Relations at the Elliott School of the George Washington University.