was in danger of insolvency. A working group was set up in December 2018 to restructure the income situation and generate membership contributions. The Austrian government made a contribution of €544,000 in December 2018. Leadership IACA is headed by its dean, who also serves as the executive secretary of the organization. Martin Kreutner served from IACA's creation in March 2011 to the end of January 2019 as IACA's first dean. The position remained vacant and was taken over by Christiane Pohn-Hufnagel, the organizations Chief of Staff and Head of General Services, in an acting capacity. On March 2, 2020 Thomas Stelzer took office as IACA's new dean and executive secretary. His initial term is limited to four years and might be extended. Relationships with member countries IACA's relations with Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation were criticized after IACA held its 2014 annual conference in Baku at the time of a governmental crackdown on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and anti-corruption activists. According to Correctiv, one of the students at IACA was an Azerbaijani public prosecutor, who worked for the investigating authority that was prosecuting the Azerbaijani anti-corruption activist and journalist Khadija Ismayilova. Another international controversy that was discussed within IACA occurred in 2012, when tensions arose as the representative of Syria stressed that, notwithstanding the election of the Israeli Mordechai Kremnitzer to IACA's board of governors, his government did not accept Israel's right of existence. The comment was rebuked by the Israeli ambassador in a fashion that was described as breaching the diplomatic protocol. Past and current lecturers Mushtaq Khan, economist at SOAS, University of London Robert Klitgaard, economist Johann Graf Lambsdorff, economist, creator of the Corruption Perception Index Ronald MacLean Abaroa, former politician Smokin Wanjala, judge at the Supreme Court of Kenya See also Asset forfeiture European Public Prosecutor Global Witness Group of States Against Corruption International Anti-Corruption Day ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Transparency International United Nations Convention against Corruption References External links Intergovernmental organizations Education in Lower Austria Anti-corruption agencies Organizations established in 2010 2010 establishments in Austria