About the Author

Alexandra A. Wrage

Alexandra Wrage is the president of TRACE.  She is also the author of Bribery and Extortion: Undermining Business, Governments and Security and the host of the training DVD Toxic Transactions: Bribery, Extortion and the High Price of Bad Business produced by NBC.   Ms. Wrage has written three compliance guidebooks and is a guest blogger on the Huffington Post.  She speaks frequently on topics of international law, anti-corruption initiatives and the hidden costs of corruption.

Ms. Wrage currently serves on the Independent Governance Committee (IGC) of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football’s governing body.  She has previously served as Chair of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the ABA’s International Section and Chair of the International Legal Affairs Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel.   She has participated in anti-bribery working groups with the OECD and the UN Global Compact. Ms. Wrage was named one of the “Canadians Changing the World” by the Toronto Globe and Mail in 2011.

Prior to founding TRACE, Ms. Wrage was international counsel at Northrop Grumman where she was responsible for managing and improving the company’s FCPA program, including policy revisions, training, monitoring and board briefings.

Ms. Wrage, a Canadian, studied law at Kings College, Cambridge University.  She is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bar associations.

Carolyn Lindsey

Carolyn Lindsey is a Director of Advisory Services at TRACE.

Ms. Lindsey has worked extensively with multinational companies, designing and implementing their anti-bribery compliance programs. While in private practice, Ms. Lindsey advised companies on compliance with the FCPA and other transnational anti-bribery laws. She was seconded to a major defense company for two years where she managed the global due diligence program for third party intermediaries.

At TRACE, Ms. Lindsey has conducted comprehensive on-the-ground due diligence reviews on three continents; conducted anti-bribery training sessions around the world; designed anti-bribery programs, together with implementing policies and procedures; and designed and conducted anti-bribery risk assessments. Ms. Lindsey graduated with honors from The George Washington University Law School where she served as a Notes Editor on the International Law Review. She is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bar associations.