Committee Member Bios

Alex Katon

Alex is Co-ordinator of ACF, and co-founder and Executive Chair of GIACC-UK Limited. He is also the founder and CEO of Arc Energy Consulting, a power and infrastructure strategic advisory business. During his career Alex has held senior management positions for both private sector infrastructure developers such as Sumitomo, International Power and Engie, as well as publicly funded organisations such as CDC (now BII), Globeleq and InfraCo Africa. Whilst CEO of InfraCo Africa, Alex established an internal development team and obtained certification for ISO 37001, the anti-bribery management system. Alex is a Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Directors.

Sam Eastwood

Sam Eastwood is a solicitor who is an investigations and regulatory partner based in Mayer Brown’s London office. He advises corporates across a range of sectors, in particular aerospace and defence, oil and gas, mining, shipping, transportation, engineering and heavy machinery.  His investigations and compliance work has included mandates in China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Russia, Brazil, the United States, the Middle East, the Nordic region and throughout Europe.  He was part of the UK project team that developed the International Standards Institute (ISO) standard for anti-corruption management programmes and previously sat on the British Standards Institute’s panel for the drafting of the Anti-Bribery Standard, and conducted subsequent pilot reviews of this Standard.

Hamish Goldie-Scot

Hamish Goldie-Scot is a consulting engineer who has 45 years’ experience of working with others to optimise the sustainable socio-economic outcomes of public infrastructure investments.  After working for a major international engineering consultancy for 34 years, including as its Business Conduct Compliance Manager, he has been an independent consultant since 2013.  He has worked in over fifty countries, been resident in six, and in three countries has worked long-term within government systems.  He is a longstanding practitioner of more collaborative approaches to improving performance in the planning, delivery and maintenance of public infrastructure, and is a Technical Adviser to CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative.

Petter Matthews

Petter Matthews is a built environment and infrastructure governance specialist with more than 40 years’ experience.  He is Executive Director of CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, that works in 20 countries, and improves transparency and accountability in infrastructure investment.  He is also Executive Director of Engineers Against Poverty, an independent NGO working on infrastructure policy and practice.  He is a member of the OECD’s ‘Anti-Corruption Leaders Hub’ and has supported the development of a range of global initiatives, including most recently  the Blue Dot Network, ‘Fast-Infra label’ and the FCDO’s ‘Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme’.

Patrick Rappo

Patrick Rappo is a solicitor who is a partner based in Reed Smith’s London office.  His practice focuses on corporate and white-collar crime, covering international bribery, corruption, money laundering, fraud, and sanctions, working across high-risk sectors and high-risk jurisdictions.  He has a keen interest in preventative measures and incentivising compliance.  He also has a focus on human rights, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), AI, and big data.  Prior to moving into private practice, Patrick was Joint Head of the Bribery and Corruption divisions at the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).