Lotta Valtonen 
Senior Adviser, Democracy and Governance, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Policy, Finland

She is a Senior Adviser for Democracy and Governance at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. She supports the programming, implementation and monitoring of Finland’s development cooperation programs to promote democratic and well-functioning societies, where corruption has no room to prosper. She has long-term experience in promoting good governance, transparency and accountability, working with budget support, public financial management reform programs and supporting civil society. Valtonen has twelve years of experience of working in Southern and Eastern Africa and Central America.