Andrew Feinstein is Executive Director of Shadow World Investigations (formerly Corruption Watch UK) – an NGO that details and exposes the impact of bribery and corruption on democracy, governance and development, predominantly but not exclusively, in the global arms trade – and an investigative writer, broadcaster, campaigner and activist.
Andrew was an ANC Member of Parliament in South Africa for over seven years where he served under Nelson Mandela.
He is the author of the critically acclaimed “The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” which reveals the corruption and malfeasance at the heart of the global arms business. The tenth edition of the book across a number of languages was published in 2023. “The Shadow World” was short-listed for the Alan Paton Prize for Non-fiction.
He is the son of a Holocaust survivor. He introduced the first ever motion on Holocaust Remembrance in the history of the South African Parliament. He has written about and lectured on genocide prevention, including at Auschwitz where dozens of his family died in the Holocaust. He is an active campaigner against all forms of racism and oppression, including for the rights of the Palestinian people.
