Richard Gargrave

Associate Director, Head of Innovation, Procurement Policy and Advisory Department, EBRD

Profile / Bio

Profile / Bio

Richard has 40 years experience of public procurement and project management firstly with Crown Agents in the UK & 3 years as Manager of Crown Agents Services Ltd, Singapore; ​9 years as a consultant on World Bank projects in Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and Uzbekistan living in Russia and Belarus; ​3 years as World Bank Senior Procurement Specialist in the World Bank Ukraine office. ​For the last 15 years with EBRD London HQ, working first as a Senior Procurement Adviser on municipal infrastructure projects in EBRD’s countries of operations and since 2010 as Associate Director with the Procurement Policy and Advisory Department (PPAD). ​

Currently, as PPAD Head of Innovation he has specific responsibility for e-procurement, participating in IFI and OECD working groups, responsible for the concept, design, development and implementation of the SaaS contract for EBRD’s Client e-Procurement Portal (ECEPP) operational since 2015 and now operational in 27 countries of operation with projects worth over EUR 15bn using the system for project procurement. ​

IFI financed projects experience in  over 27 countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topics
EBRD Client e-Procurement Portal (ECEPP): Why contract and financial management should be considered an integral part of e-procurement? Slides ADB Administration and Governance, ICT
Handling Procurement Complaints: The EBRD - ECEPP Experience Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Governance and Public Sector Management, ICT
Case Study: Moving from Paper to e-Procurement - Use of EBRO ECEPP System on Suez Oil Processing Company Project in Egypt Slides ADB Administration and Governance
[VIDEO] COVID-19 and Acceleration of Digital Transformation of Procurement Multimedia ADB Administration and Governance