Pandora Papers

Family of Sergei ​Chemezov


Sergei Chemezov heads Rostec, ​Russia’s state-owned defense and ​technology conglomerate, and is ​widely considered one of President ​Vladimir Putin’s closest allies. The ​men met as young KGB officers ​working in East Germany.

Mikhail Fridman


Mikhail Fridman is a co-founder of ​Alfa Bank, the largest privately-​owned bank in Russia, along with ​German Khan. Their business partner, ​Petr Aven, served ​as the bank's ​president for many years and ​remains a principal owner. The bank ​is part of the trio’s Alfa Group, a ​major Russian private investment ​company ​with interests in energy and ​telecommunications.

Emmanuel Lowila


Emmanuel Lomoro Lowila was South ​Sudan’s ambassador to the European ​Union, Belgium, the Netherlands and ​Luxembourg from 2015 to 2021. He ​previously served as a top adviser to ​South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, ​and as a deputy ambassador to ​France.

Family of Former ​President


Dariga Nazarbeyeva, eldest daughter ​of Kazakhstan's long-serving former ​president Nursultan Nazarbayev, is a ​member of the country’s lower house ​of Parliament, known as the Mazhilis, ​and she has been touted as a ​potential ruler since her father’s ​resignation in 2019.

Sultan bin Khalifa Al ​Nahyan


Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, ​the eldest son of United Arab ​Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed ​Al Nahyan, is the chairperson of SBK ​Holding LLC, a UAE conglomerate ​that includes companies in the ​petrochemical, aviation and ​hospitality sectors.

Sheikh Tahnoon bin ​Zayed An Nahyan


Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan ​is a prominent member of Abu ​Dhabi’s royal family and a renowned ​billionaire businessman. He is the son ​of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, ​the United Arab Emirates’ founding ​father.

Ramalingam ​Paskaralingam


Ramalingam Paskaralingam, also ​known as “Paski,” wielded influence ​as a bureaucrat and as an adviser to ​three of Sri Lanka’s leaders. From ​1989 to 1994, Paskaralingam served ​as secretary to the country’s finance ​ministry under President Ranasinghe ​Premadasa, who was assassinated in ​1993

Svetlana Krivonogikh


Svetlana Krivonogikh, a former ​cleaner from St. Petersburg, is ​reported to have been in a hidden, ​years-long romantic relationship with ​Russian President Vladimir Putin. ​According to a 2020 investigation by ​the Russian investigative group ​Proekt, the relationship started in the ​1990s, before Putin became ​president, and continued into the ​early 2000s.

Siniša Mali


Siniša Mali worked as a consultant for ​Deloitte, the multinational ​accounting and business advisory ​firm, before entering politics in 2001. ​Initially, he helped lead Serbia’s ​privatization efforts, as the country ​transitioned to democracy Then, in ​2013, he became a senior ​government adviser for economic ​affairs.

Sheikh Tamim bin ​Hamad Al Thani


Qatar’s ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin ​Hamad Al Thani, descends from a ​family that has ruled the tiny Arabian ​Peninsula country, home to the ​world’s third-largest natural gas ​reserve, for nearly 170 years. Tamim ​rose to power in 2013 after his father ​abdicated the throne.

Paulo Guedes


Paulo Guedes is Brazil’s minister of ​the economy. He was appointed by ​President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing ​populist who took office in 2019 ​vowing to end corruption. Guedes, a ​co-founder of the investment bank ​BTG Pactual, was one of Bolsonaro’s ​top campaign advisers.

Ricardo Martinelli


Ricardo Martinelli, a supermarket ​tycoon and politician, served as ​president of Panama from 2009 to ​2014, after winning his second bid for ​the office. He previously served in a ​number of government positions.

Kostantin Ernst


Konstantin Ernst has been in charge ​of Russia’s leading TV station, ​Channel One, since 1999. He has ​been credited with helping to create ​President Vladimir Putin’s political ​persona, and of broadcasting ​propagandistic news stories that ​conform to the Kremlin’s agenda. ​Ernst started out as a producer of ​“Vzglyad (Viewpoint)”.

Martin Rushwaya


Martin Rushwaya is a top adviser to ​Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson ​Mnangagwa, who is also his cousin. ​Rushwaya has been involved in ​politics and government since 1996, ​when he became the administrator of ​one of Zimbabwe’s most mineral-rich ​provinces. He served as secretary of ​defense for 10 years, beginning in ​2009.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy


Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian ​actor and politician who played the ​role of president of Ukraine for years ​on a popular national sitcom before ​launching a successful bid for the ​country’s actual presidency ​Zelenskyy created a political party ​and named it after his television ​show, Servant of the People.

Shaukat Tarin


Shaukat Tarin is a businessman who ​worked in the banking sector for ​more than 40 years. He first served ​as Pakistan’s finance minister from ​2008 to 2010 under former Prime ​Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and ​resigned to raise funds for Silkbank ​Ltd., a Pakistani commercial bank.

Sebastián Piñera


Sebastián Piñera launched a credit ​card company in the 1970s, and ​served in Chile’s Senate for most of ​the 1990s, before running for ​president twice. The Bancard ​founder is worth an estimated $2.8 ​billion. Piñera was first elected ​president in 2010, and he won his ​second term in 2018.

Guillermo Lasso


Guillermo Lasso is the president of ​Ecuador. A former banker, he ​founded the Creating Opportunities ​(CREO) Party in 2012. After ​unsuccessful presidential campaigns ​in 2013 and 2017, he was elected last ​April and sworn into office in May . e ​previously served as Ecuador’s ​itinerant ambassador in 2003.

Juan Carlos Varela


Juan Carlos Varela ran his family-​owned distillery, the largest in ​Panama, before entering politics. He ​joined the Panamanian government ​in 2009 as then-President Ricardo ​Martinelli’s vice president and ​foreign minister. At the time, Jaime ​Alemán, a partner of the Panamanian ​law firm Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & ​Lee (Alcogal), was Panama’s ​ambassador to the United States, ​reporting to Varela.

Francisco Flores


Francisco Flores was president of El ​Salvador from 1999 to 2004, a tenure ​marked by the country’s alignment ​with United States policy in Central ​America, the replacement of the ​Salvadoran currency with the U.S. ​dollar, and allegations of personal ​corruption. An Oxford- and Harvard-​educated scion of a wealthy family, ​Flores had earlier held several ​government positions as a member ​of the conservative Arena party.