Based in North Macedonia, David Ilieski has been working as an investigative journalist at the Investigative Reporting Lab - IRL since 2018. As part of IRL he has co-authored numerous stories exposing corruption, financial crime, illegal construction business and political abuse of power. In 2020, David joined the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - OCCRP working as a researcher in OCCRP ID. Through the research team, he has supported numerous investigations such as SuisseSecrets, The Tobacco Project, OpenLux, etc.University in New York City. She is a Grace Hopper Scholar and a two-time Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar.