Nils Hanson is an award-winning investigative editor and reporter with over 30 years of experience. From 2004 to 2018, he was the executive producer of Mission Investigate at SVT, overseeing nearly 500 investigations. Under his leadership, the program won ten international awards in its final two years, including an IRE and an Emmy Award for Deceptive Diplomacy – Cover-up by the UN in 2019. His handbook on investigative journalism is considered a classic in Sweden. Today, he works as a freelance editor and reporter while lecturing on investigative journalism worldwide.
Henk van Ess is a Dutch-born trainer specializing in new media, social media, and data journalism. Recognized as a leading expert in online investigations, he has worked as a data consultant for the UN and taught at institutions such as Axel Springer Akademie and universities in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Vienna. He writes for BBC, PBS, and GIJN and frequently speaks on OSINT, social media, and digital investigations. Co-author of the Verification Handbook for Investigative Reporters, he has trained over 8,000 professionals worldwide and led investigative workshops across Europe, the US, and Canada.
Drew Sullivan is a social entrepreneur, co-founder, and publisher of OCCRP. Since founding the organization in 2007, he has overseen numerous award-winning investigations, including work on the Panama Papers, which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Under his leadership, OCCRP has received the Daniel Pearl Award, the Global Shining Light Award, and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. He also founded Reporters Shield, a legal defense program for investigative journalists. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter for The Tennessean and the Associated Press’s Special Assignment Team.
Miranda Patrucic is an award-winning investigative journalist and the editor-in-chief of OCCRP. Based in Sarajevo, she specializes in uncovering corruption, money laundering, and hidden assets across Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Her investigations have exposed billions in bribes in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, as well as the offshore wealth of ruling elites. She has collaborated with ICIJ on major projects, including Swiss Leaks, the Panama Papers, and Paradise Papers. Patrucic has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Knight International Journalism Award, the Global Shining Light Award, the IRE Tom Renner Award, the Daniel Pearl Award, and the European Press Prize. A sought-after speaker and trainer, she educates journalists worldwide on financial investigations and tracking illicit funds.
Karina Shedrofsky is the co-founder and director of research at the Data and Research Center (DARC) in Amsterdam, an independent organization specializing in investigative research and data analysis. Previously, she led the research and data team at OCCRP, assisting journalists in tracking people, companies, and assets across the globe. With extensive experience in investigative journalism, she has played a key role in uncovering financial crimes and corruption.
Ali Fegan is an investigative reporter at SVT and a key contributor to Mission Investigate. Since 2008, he has worked as a reporter, producer, host, and researcher. In recent years, he has focused on cross-border investigations in collaboration with Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Bellingcat, Le Monde, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, covering topics such as corruption, human trafficking, and Russian espionage. His work has earned multiple national and international awards, including an Emmy (2019), IRE Awards (2009, 2019), Dig Awards (2016), and Prix Europa (2019).
Jenny Küttim is an investigative reporter and editor with over 16 years in Swedish public service media. She has worked with SVT, SR, and UR, as well as leading production companies across Sweden and Europe, producing award-winning documentaries, TV series, and feature films. Her investigative work has earned accolades such as The Grand Journalism Award and The Grand TV Award for exposing political corruption, judicial errors, and religious manipulation. She is also the author of Sanningsbärarna, a book detailing her journey out of the Jehovah’s Witnesses sect.
Emil Engerdahl is a documentary story producer and editor with an extensive portfolio of films and series. He combines journalism with cinematic storytelling to create compelling narratives. His work has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism, The Crystal (SVT’s official television award), and the Golden Shovel, awarded by the Swedish Association of Investigative Journalism.
Minna Knus-Galán is an investigative journalist at Finland’s public broadcaster, Yle. Her work on money laundering, corruption, and labor conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry has earned several prestigious awards, including Journalist of the Year (2014), a Pulitzer Prize (2017) for the Panama Papers, and a Sigma Award (2020) for Troika Laundromat. She has collaborated with ICIJ and OCCRP on major global investigations and is the author of Projekt Panama.
Jyri Hänninen is a journalist at the Finnish Broadcasting Company and has participated in multiple ICIJ investigations. Previously, he worked at Helsingin Sanomat and served as an editor for WSOY. He was awarded the Lumilapio Prize for the best investigative journalism in Finland in 2015. His work has focused on tax havens and offshore wealth management, and he has authored five books, including Tax Havens and Finland and The Cost of Being Poor.
Staffan Dahllöf is a journalist specializing in EU affairs and cross-border investigations. Originally a local reporter and later a correspondent for Swedish media in Denmark, he has since focused on investigative reporting within the EU. He is involved in various cross-border journalism projects and mentors investigative journalists through Journalismfund.eu. In addition to reporting, he teaches EU journalism to international students at the Danish School of Media and Journalism.
Maria Ridderstedt has worked as a radio reporter for over 20 years. Throughout her career, Maria has been involved in several high-profile investigative reports. She is a member of the investigative team at Swedish radio´s news department, but has also produced several documentaries and podcasts that have been nominated for various journalism awards, both in Sweden and internationally. She is an excellent storyteller whose specialty is making listeners understand complex contexts and become engaged in the story. The investigations have covered topics like working conditions in the gig economy, discrimination, authorities’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, human trafficking, gang crime and how society handles children and young people with mental health issues and substance abuse problems.
Alla Sadovnyk, 34, was born in the Rivne region of Ukraine. She studied journalism at Lviv National University named after the famous writer Ivan Franko. She worked as a journalist and web editor for the regional newspaper Rivne Evening, and presented a political TV show on the local channel UA:Rivne. In 2019, she joined the investigative department of the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine as a journalist, and now she works as both a journalist and an editor.
