Chris is an international procurement specialist and an e-GP consultant with 43 years practical experience implementing donor-funded projects in Africa, Asia, the Caucuses and the Middle East.  Over the last 13 years, he has focused on supporting the adoption of e-GP by providing training and business requirements analysis for the design and procurement of e-GP systems. Chris is a passionate advocate for adopting a data-driven Open Contracting approach to public procurement and the use of the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) in e-GP.

Mr. Bruce Gosper is the Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Mr. Gosper is responsible for the overall management of the Budget, People, and Management Systems Department; Corporate Services Department; Information Technology Department; Office of Safeguards; Office of the Secretary; and Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department. Mr. Gosper has 40 years of experience working with multilateral and regional institutions dealing with trade and economic policy and running large public sector organizations.

Olivier is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he supports the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) procurement policy dialogue and development projects across Central Asia and the Caucasus. He joined ADB in 2010 as Head of Procurement and Contracts and has since held several roles in both corporate and operations procurement.