Paola Barragán Montes de Oca

Anticorruption and Transparency Expert

Paola Barragán Montes de Oca is a senior governance expert with over 20 years of experience leading anti-corruption and institutional reform programs across Latin America and Africa. She led multi-million public integrity and transparency projects that implemented citizen oversight mechanisms, mobilized private sector compliance and partnerships with the public sector, and facilitated high-level interagency coordination. Her portfolio also includes public sector modernization efforts with the World Bank in Bolivia and judicial efficiency reforms in Colombia and Ecuador. Paola’s cross-cutting expertise strengthens public sector performance by embedding integrity, transparency, and citizen trust into national reform strategies.