CoST Special Adviser

Chrik previously chaired the CoST Board from 2011 to 2025. In addition to his role with CoST, he was Senior Adviser at Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption. Until 2010, Chrik was also Director of Global Programmes at the Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin, managing and guiding TI’s programme of global priorities in its fight for transparency and accountability. During the last ten years, he was a member of the Board and Executive Committee for the Coalition for Integrity (C4I) which supports anti-corruption activity in the USA.  He is currently a member of the Board of the Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) which supports citizens and civil society organisations around the world in their initiatives to improve governance and reduce corruption in the public sector

Prior to joining Transparency International, Chrik worked at the World Bank as Regional Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa. Before that, he was Country Director for South East Europe during which time he oversaw the World Bank’s assistance programs in the Balkans, including the post-war reconstruction activities in Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo. Much of Chrik’s career at the World Bank was devoted to Sub-Saharan Africa, including working as the World Bank’s Country Manager in Zimbabwe during 1990-94. Before joining the World Bank, Chrik worked as an economist in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Swaziland.