Rachel Etter-Phoya is the Tax Justice Network's Senior Researcher, Anglophone African Hub. Based in Lilongwe, Malawi, she works on the Financial Secrecy and Tax Advocacy in Africa project. Before joining the Tax Justice Network, Rachel supported the Natural Resources Justice Network and Publish What You Pay Malawi. Rachel has also worked as a Senior Revenue Specialist in Malawi’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining and has consulted with a number of organisations engaged in open data, anti-corruption and the extractive industries, including the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, OpenOil, Open Knowledge International, and Resources for Development. Rachel holds a LLM in Natural Resources Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, a MSc in International Rural Development from the Royal Agricultural University, and a BA in Anthropology and English from the University of Zurich.
