Meet, Patrick Alley

Patrick Alley is one of the three founders of Global Witness. Founded in 1993, Global Witness has become one of the world’s leading investigative organisations dedicated to routing out corruption & environmental and human rights abuses around the world, with Patrick taking part in over 50 field investigations in South East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Taking the findings to lawmakers and into the boardrooms of multinational companies, Patrick and his colleagues have challenged the assumption that you can’t change things.

Global Witness continues to challenge of power to protect human rights and secure the future of our planet, with a specific focus on achieving climate justice.

Alongside his two co-founders, Patrick received the 2014 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Global Witness were nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for their work exposing the murderous trade in Blood Diamonds.

Patrick’s book, Very Bad People – the Inside story of the Fight against the World’s Network of Corruption – published on 17th March 2022, describes the founding of Global Witness and covers some of its most dramatic investigations or, as Jeff Skoll put it: “Warlords, crooks, oil tycoons and dictators. A shocking, important and page-turning book that gives a unique insight into a hidden world of criminality.” 

(Twitter @paddy_alley)