PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRINITY OFFICER ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION

(Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 20, 2008) Theodore J. Swystun, Trinity Analytica’s Principal
Research Officer was one of a select group of international experts invited to address the
Second Kuwait Transparency Forum held last week in this Persian Gulf capital. Mr. Swystun,
who has conducted extensive research on the subject of national anti-corruption strategies,
addressed the conference on methods for fighting corruption in national police and security
services.

The conference, organized annually by the Kuwait Transparency Society under the sponsorship
of His Highness Sheikh Sobah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sobah, Amir of Kuwait, provides an
opportunity for anti-corruption experts from across the globe to share their latest research and
findings with Kuwaiti officials, academicians, and the media. Also addressing the conference
this year were Paul Prettitore of the World Bank, Marie-Claire Guttery of the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development, and Dr. Corbus de Swardt, Managing Director of
Transparency International.

A board certified management consultant with over twenty years of international experience,
Mr. Swystun formerly served on the board of directors of the Institute of Management
Consultants (USA). Prior to the outbreak of the Second Gulf War, he was an advisor to the
Kuwaiti Ministry of Planning on industrial reconstruction and the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers
on the development of the divided zone jointly administered by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. A
frequent speaker before professional and academic groups, Mr. Swystun recently presented his
research on changing perceptions of corruption amongst Kuwaiti industrialists in the post Gulf
War period to the Economics of Corruption 2007 conference at the University of Passau in
Germany.

As Trinity Analytica’s Principal Research Officer, Mr. Swystun is responsible for the final
research design for all of Trinity’s consulting engagements. Trinity Analytica, headquarted in
the United States, provides management consulting and advisory services to public and private
sector clients worldwide.

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Theodore J. Swystun delivering his keynote address on structuring anti-corruption initiatives
within the security services before the Second Kuwait Transparency Forum in Kuwait City.
(KUNA)

Theodore J. Swystun, Trinity Analytica’s Principal Research Officer, being interviewed by

Osama Rasheed of CNBC at the Second Kuwait Transparency Forum in Kuwait City. Mr.
Swystun addressed the forum on strategies for fighting corruption in national police and
security services. (KUNA)
Theodore J. Swystun of Trinity Analytica delivers the keynote address at the Second Kuwait
Transparency Forum in Kuwait City. Looking on from the dais is Brigadier Dr. Hussain Ali
Al-Yousef Al-Abdul Salam, Director General of the Criminal and Police Research Centre of
Kuwait. (KUNA)

The annual Kuwait Transparency Forum provides an opportunity for anti-corruption experts
from across the globe to share their latest research and findings with Kuwaiti officials,
academicians, and the media. (KUNA)
Please credit all photographs to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).