Anke Martiny

Anke Martiny "was managing director of TI German from 1998 to 2001, deputy chairperson of the chapter from September 2001 to 2004 and senior adviser to Transparency International on health and corruption since 2001. Before joining TI, Ms Martiny was a Member of German parliament from 1972 to 1989 and a Commissioner for consumer protection in the federal SPD from 1974 onwards. She also served as a member of the parliamentary sub-committee on the economy as well as a specialist on arts and women's issues, a Chairman of the German-Italian parliamentary exchange and a member of the executive board of the federal SPD from 1975-77 and 1985 - 91

"In 1989 Ms Martiny was member of the executive board of the Bavarian SPD from 1975 to 1991 and deputy chairperson of the Bavarian SPD from 1985 to 1991. In 1989 she was elected to the Berlin state senate as cultural commissioner. She has also undertaken extensive work with the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation including cultural development in the federal states of the former GDR and as head of the Tel Aviv branch of the foundation from 1992 to 1996." [1]