Olivier Hoedeman is the research and campaign coordinator at Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which he co-founded in 1997. CEO is a Brussels-based research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making. He is also co-founder of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), a coalition of 200 NGOs from across Europe. Olivier Hoedeman has co-authored books like ‘Europe Inc.’ (2000), ‘Reclaiming Public Water’ (2005) and ‘Bursting the Brussels Bubble’ (2010).