Elena A. Panfilova is chairperson of the Center for Anti-corruption Research and Initiative Transparency International, the Russian chapter of Transparency International, and a director of Transparency International.[1] She founded the chapter in 1999.[2]
Panfilova was previously a professor in the School of Economics of the State University and is presently a professor in the graduate business school of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
She lectures on business ethics and anti-corruption. Panfilova was also a lecturer on anti-corruption for the Council of Europe.
Her husband, Alexander Panfilov, is a translator.