Aftar Touré MOROU

Directeur Général de l’ARCOP
(Togo)

M. Aftar Touré Morou est Economiste, expert en finances publiques. Il a un Diplôme d’études supérieures de Ecole Nationale d’Administration de France (ENA), un Master en Administration Publique de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Strasbourg (Sciences Po), un DESS en politique économique à l’Université de Lomé, 2008 (Major de promotion), une Maitrise en économie, Université de Lomé, une Double certification de l’Institut de Formation du Fonds Monétaire International en gestion macroéconomique et politique budgétaire (Washington, USA, un Leadership Training, University of San Diego, USA, 2017).

Il est Conseil stratégique auprès des gouvernements et d’entreprises pour des sujets de politique macro financière, de gestion des finances publiques, de développement de marchés, de stratégies industrielles, de veille technologique et management des opérateurs publics.

Monsieur Touré a accumulé une solide expérience et expertise dans le conseil sur les questions macro financières, de développement et politique économique. Avant d’être au cabinet de SANI YAYA, comme conseiller, Aftar était Economiste principal à la Direction Générale du Budget et des Finances du ministère de l’économie et des finances du Togo (2009-2011 et 2015-2018).

Pradeep Singh

Advisor for Infrastructure Development
(Inde)

Till recently he was Advisor for Infrastructure Development to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir in the office of the Chief Minister.

After seventeen years as a member of the Indian Administrative Service from 1978, Pradeep Singh moved into the private sector in 1995. He was the founding CEO of IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corporation (IIDC) and thereafter served as the Vice Chairman & CEO of IDFC Projects Ltd. for five years. He oversaw the development of infrastructure projects in Public Private Partnership formats in collaboration with State and Central Governments in various sectors including Roads, Ports, Airports, Water Supply and Sewage systems, e-Governance, Industrial Parks and Tourism. He worked in the commercialized infrastructure sector for 16 Years.

For four years thereafter, from 2013 to 2017, Pradeep Singh was the CEO of the Mohali Campus and the Deputy Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB), an institution established in partnership with The Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton School of Finance, and London Business School. He was responsible, inter alia, for launching the four Institutes at ISB dedicated respectively to Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Public Policy.

After 22 years of working in the private sector he went back to the government in 2017 as the Advisor to the Government of J&K.

He has also been a visiting faculty member at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and has been engaged in consulting for the World Bank and the ADB. He was also the Assistant Country Director India of CARE, an International NGO from 1995-97.

Mr. Singh holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University and was a Rotary International Graduate Fellow at Stanford University USA. He also holds the MBA and M.Sc (Physics) degrees from Punjab and Punjabi University respectively.

Neila Myriam

Chef de division
(Côte d’ivoire)

Mme Neila Myriam Conté est chef de division des acquisitions pour la région Afrique du Nord, de l’Ouest et du Centre au département des Services Fiduciaires et de l’Inspection à la Banque Africaine de Développement.

Mme Conté, dans le cadre de ses activités a eu à évaluer le système des marchés publics de bon nombre de pays, notamment les pays francophones de l’espace UEMOA à travers l’utilisation d’indicateurs reconnus au niveau international.

Elle a également mené des dialogues avec les autorités nationales gouvernementales, et les autorités des marchés publics pour déterminer des plans d’actions permettant d’améliorer leurs systèmes nationaux de passation des marchés et leur capacité.

Elle a aussi initié et accompagné les pays dans leurs réformes des marchés publics à travers des appuis aux autorités de régulation des marchés publics et directions centrales des marchés publics des différentes régions qu’elle a couvertes.

Mme Conté a également une vaste expérience des questions d’acquisitions tant au niveau des opérations souveraines que non-souveraines tels que les grands projets structurants sous forme de partenariats publics-privés financés par la Banque Africaine de Développement.

Juriste spécialisée en droit des affaires, elle cumule une expérience professionnelle de 26 ans dans le domaine des marchés publics et de la gestion des contrats à la Banque Africaine de Développement.

Frederick A. Mwakibinga

Doctor in Logistics
(Tanzanie)

Frederick A. Mwakibinga, holds a Doctoral degree in Logistics. He is currently a Commissioner for Public Procurement Policy, Ministry of Finance and Planning, the United Republic of Tanzania. He is responsible for overseeing formulation of public sector procurement policies and regulations.

His other engagements include; managing the development of procurement cadre in the government sector, linking the government and procurement stakeholders, etc. He has overseen various government activities such as; reviewing the procurement legal framework, setting the current procurement regime for the country, advising on the development of procurement management curricular for local universities, etc.

Apart from that, he is a part – time visiting lecturer at various universities and institutions of higher learning both locally and internationally. His research interest is in public procurement, supply chain management and public policy.

Saer Niang

Directeur Général de l’ARMP
(Sénégal)

M. Saer Niang a été recruté au poste de Directeur Général de l’ARMP depuis 2011, à l’issue d’un appel à candidatures supervisé par le Conseil de régulation de l’institution. Avant cette position, il était directeur de la Formation et des Appuis techniques au niveau de l’institution.

Mr Niang a développé une longue et riche expérience dans le management et le développement des sociétés. Il a exercé différentes fonctions de hautes responsabilités dans le privé comme dans le public, à la Loterie nationale sénégalaise, à Millicom International Mobile phone, etc. Il est diplômé de l’Ecole Supérieure d’Administration des Entreprises de Paris.

Il est titulaire d’un DESS en Science de Gestion de l’Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, de l’Université de Dijon ; d’un MBA de la School of Business and Public Administration à Georges Washington University, d’un Master Professionnel en Droit de la Régulation de l’Université de Dakar, et d’un DESS en Ressources Humaines de l’Ecole Nationale d’Economie Appliquée.

Monsieur Niang est Co-chair à la MAPS (Méthodologie d’Evaluation des Procédures de Marchés publics), Président du Réseau Africain des Institutions de la Commande Publique (RACOP) et membre de la Plateforme des Institutions Efficaces (EIP). Il est élevé au rang de CHEVALIER de l’ORDRE National du Lion.

Felipe Goya

Regional Procurement Manager
(Chili)

Mr Felipe Goya is the World Bank’s Regional Procurement Manager for Francophone and Lusaphone Africa and previously for South Asia. He oversees a USD 20 BB portfolio in 29 countries, including 16 FCVs.

Before joining the Bank, he was the Managing Director of ChileCompra, the Chilean central public procurement agency. During his time in ChileCompra, he contributed to reform public procurement in Chile by rolling out e-procurement, implementing electronic catalogues, expanding SMEs participation in public procurement and creating analytical tools for enhanced transparency and better engagements with civil society.

Previously, Mr Goya worked as project manager in topics related to the reform of the Chilean State and also worked as associated consultant for a Chilean consultancy firm with projects all over Latin America.

Felipe has an MSc in International Policy Analysis from the University of Bath in UK, an MBA from the “Universidad Catolica de Chile” and Industrial Engineer from the “Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso.

Md. Faruque Hossain

Secretary of the Government – Executive Chairman
(Bangladesh)

Mr. Md. Faruque Hossain is a Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh and the Executive Chairman of National Skills Development Authority of Bangladesh.

Before joining in Skills Development Authority, he was Director General of Central Procurement technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, government of Bangladesh. As the Head of public procurement in Bangladesh, he has been carrying out necessary oversight functions of CPTU, covering legislation, procedures, capacity building, professionalization, and monitoring. He is also the administrator of the National Central Portal conducting electronic government procurement (e-GP) in Bangladesh.

As the DG, CPTU, Mr Hossain has steered the management of Electronic Government Procurement Portal and implementation of e-GP that registered a spectacular growth in both value and volume over his tenure for four years in CPTU. The e-GP in Bangladesh is presently a leading model among the countries implementing electronic means of Tendering. During his chairmanship of SAPPN, he took the initiatives to anchor it under SAARC Umbrella and connect the Network with other transnational procurement forum.

Under his guidance as DG, CPTU, piloting of citizen engagement in public procurement was conducted in Bangladesh. It proved very helpful in ensuring transparency and quality of public works.

Mr. Hossain is a certified National Trainer of public procurement, and a qualified resource person of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, UK, and a trainer of Public- Private Partnership. He worked closely in developing the Public -Private Partnership policy in Bangladesh. As a member of the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration, he worked in various Ministries as well as at the field level, having wide experiences in project facilitation, preparation, and implementation and monitoring with active role in procurement management.

Much to his credit, Mr. Hossain is well known in the literary circle of Bangladesh for his insightful rhymes. He is renowned for his works in children and juvenile literature and regarded in high esteem for his rhymes, stories, articles, features and travel tales for more than the last forty years. He has, to his credit, as many as 60 titles in different areas of literature.

He has participated Global and Regional Conference on public procurement in Vienna, Washington and Bangkok with many other conferences where he has highlighted the success story of using ICT in public procurement.

Having his MSC in soil science from the University of Dhaka, Mr. Hossain also completed MBA in 2005 and Masters in Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development from Turin School of Business, Turin University in 2014. He obtained certification on Public- Private Partnership (PPP) from IP3 @Washington, USA, and PAI, London, UK. He also has achieved Diploma in Developing Economies from IDE Advanced School, Japan. His publication, “Paradigm shift in Public Procurement to Public-Private Partnership Procurement in Bangladesh: Challenges Behind the scene” is a remarkable PPP analysis among his credibility.

Ramona Apostol

Research Fellow at Maastricht School of Management.
(Pays-Bas)

Dr. Ramona Apostol holds wide-range expertise in advising on the implementation of public procurement projects, both as legal consultant at Corvers Legal and Commercial Affairs and as independent expert for the European Commission and for UN’s One Planet Initiative. As Honorary Research Fellow at Maastricht School of Management, she has conducted between 2017-2019 research and has lectured on various topics related to the legal and policy framework to public procurement.

Ramona holds a doctoral degree from Leiden University on the topic of pre-commercial procurement. She also holds post-graduate degrees in Dutch public procurement law and World Bank procurement rules. As practitioner, she has been involved in procurement projects related to the implementation of sustainability criteria in the procurement policy and practice of central and local government agencies as well as related to the procurement of innovation and R&D. She often participates in EU funded research projects related to sustainability and innovation aspects in public procurement. In recognition of her work, she is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and to publish in leading scientific journals.

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Apostol, R. (2011). Time to align the (social) sustainability agenda with the interpretation of the public procurement rules, co-author, in Aanbesteding en mededinging in beweging (SDU Uitgevers bv, Den Haag 2011), pp.105-119.

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nvited presentation at H2020 Space Info Days in Prague, September 12-13 (2019) jointly organized by the European GNSS Agency (GSA), the European Commission (EC) and the COSMOS2020 plus Space NCP Network

Invited presentation at MATRA Rule of Law Training Programme Public Procurement, September (2018) organized by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Leiden Law School, and The Hague Academy for Local Governance.

Invited presentation at World Bank 14th Procurement, Integrity, Management and Openness (PRIMO) Forum, May 2018, Bucharest, Romania

Invited presentation at the Public Law PhD Programme of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research, February 16 (2017) University of Coimbra (Portugal)

Hiba Tahboub

Procurement Manager World Bank

Ms. Hiba Tahboub currently manages the procurement function of the World Bank in the Anglophone countries of the Africa region leading a group of 41 people in 23 countries.
Before moving to the Africa region, she managed the procurement function for Europe and Central Asia region. As a member of the World Bank leadership on procurement, Ms. Tahboub current focus is to move the Bank’s procurement agenda across Regions by strengthening the dialogue with governments and private sector and support the efforts of the counterparts of the Bank in developing sustainable and effective reforms.
Ms. Tahboub is leading her team to provide integrated, innovative approaches and solutions to complex and transformational procurement activities. In addition, she provides the fiduciary oversight for the World Bank Financed Projects.
Previously, she served as a lead procurement specialist in the World Bank Procurement Policy Unit where she was a core member of the team developing several operational policies related to Investment Lending, Emergency Operations and Results-Based financing during her tenure in the Operational Policy and Country Services (OPCS) Department.

Allassane Bâ

President ARMDS
(Mali)

Elu président de l’Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics et des Délégations de Service Public (ARMDS) le 02 mars 2016 pour un mandat de cinq (05) ans, Dr Allassane Bâ, est né le 11 juin 1967 à Kati, une préfecture de la deuxième région administrative du Mali et située à 15 kilomètres de Bamako, la capitale.

Il est détenteur de plusieurs diplômes et certificats. Ainsi, de 2003 à 2008 il décrocha avec brio (Mention très honorable) son Doctorat en Droit Public à l’Université de Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne en France. De 2006 à 2007, il obtint son Master 2 en Droit International de l’Environnement à l’Université de Limoges en France. Déjà en 2001, il avait son Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies en Droit (DEA) /Etudes Africaines sur « l’Adaptation du Système Judiciaire au Processus de Décentralisation au Mali » à l’Université Paris 1, Panthéon- Sorbonne en France.

Avant sa nomination comme membre de l’ARMDS, Dr Allassane BA a servi au Cabinet de deux (02) Premier ministres en qualité de Conseiller spécial. Monsieur BA a occupé plusieurs autres fonctions importantes au Mali. Ainsi, il fût Délégué ministériel au Cabinet du Ministère de la Justice (7 ans); Chef du Département Partenariats et Actions Internationales à l’Agence de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (4 ans – EPEA) et Chef de Bureau des Conventions, Accords et Traités Internationaux sur l’Environnement au Secrétariat Technique Permanent du Cadre Institutionnel de la Gestion des Questions Environnementale (STP-CIGQE) (7 ans).

Larbi Bennouna

Président directeur général de SETYM International
(Canada)

Larbi Bennouna est Président directeur général de SETYM International depuis 2014.
Il a débuté au sein de la compagnie en tant que conseiller en gestion de projet, puis en tant que Directeur avant de devenir Directeur général pendant 11 ans. Il a débuté sa carrière professionnelle dans le domaine de l’informatique avant de se passionner pour la gestion de projet.

M. Bennouna possède une maîtrise en administration des affaires (MBA) ainsi qu’une maîtrise en gestion de Projet et a complété la scolarité de Ph. D. en Système d’Information de l’École des Sciences de la Gestion (ESG) de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM).
Depuis 1993, M. Bennouna a réalisé de multiples missions d’assistance technique et de formation touchant la gestion de projet et la passation de marchés pour les gouvernements et les projets de développement (Afrique, Europe et Asie) financés par les bailleurs de fonds multilatéraux (Banque Mondiale, Banque Africaine de Développement, BID, etc.).

M. Bennouna agit aussi à titre de chargé de cours, expert en passation des marchés publiques, à la maîtrise en gestion de projet (MGP) de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). Il a publié des articles sur la professionnalisation des marchés publics et animé des conférences en gestion de projet

Frédéric Choquette

Avocat
(Canada)

Avocat depuis 1994, Frédéric Choquette est présentement conseiller stratégique à la Société québécoise des infrastructures.

De 2006 à 2013, il fut directeur des politiques et des procédures à Infrastructure Québec et à l’Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec. Son principal objectif est de renforcer les capacités de l’État québécois dans le domaine de la planification et de la réalisation de grands projets d’infrastructure publique par le développement et le déploiement de pratiques d’excellence en la matière.

Avant de se joindre à ces sociétés d’État, Frédéric, comme avocat-conseil à la commission d’enquête sur les dépassements de coûts et des échéanciers du chantier de la Société Papiers Gaspésia, fut responsable de la coordination des enquêtes permettant d’apporter des éclaircissements sur les raisons ayant mené à cet important fiasco financier. Antérieurement, M. Choquette a vécu 6 ans à Doubaï, aux Émirats Arabes Unis, où il a fondé un cabinet d’avocats spécialisé, en droit commercial et corporatif, droit international privé et en arbitrage commercial.

Ces expériences lui ont permis d’acquérir une expertise en stratégies de développements commerciales et de financement de projets, en gestion de parties prenantes et dans l’implantation de processus de gestion de la performance au sein d’organisations tant publiques que privées.

Vinay Sharma

Director at World Bank

Vinay Sharma joined the World Bank as a Director on June 15, 2017. Vinay has over thirty years of experience, much of which has been at senior leadership positions responsible for policy formulation, project management, developing strategic alliances and implementation of reforms.

Before joining the World Bank, Vinay was the Director of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Procurement and Fiduciary Services Department. He worked on procurement, financial management, and anti-corruption at the AfDB for 14 years, and handled a wide range of broad public sector governance and management issues, including ‘handson’ review of the AfDB’s most complex and challenging procurement transactions.

He was responsible for formulating and bringing to the Board’s approval a new procurement policy for the AfDB, a process that included extensive consultations with member countries, MDBs, professional organizations representing contractors, suppliers and consultants, NGOs, CSOs and internally within AfDB.

Vinay also served as Head of Operations and Management at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in India and worked over 16 years in various capacities at Indian Railways and with two large state-owned enterprises in the infrastructure sector.

Ely Dade El Mahjoub

Directeur Général de l’Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics (ARMP) de Mauritanie

M. Ely Dade El Mahjoub, Directeur Général de l’Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics (ARMP) de Mauritanie est titulaire du Diplôme d’Études Approfondies de Droit Public de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.
Il travaille depuis plus de vingt (20) ans dans le domaine des marchés publics en Mauritanie. Ainsi, il a été conseiller technique au sein de la Commission Centrale des Marchés de l’Etat et ce, jusqu’à la réforme de 2011.

Par ailleurs en tant que consultant, M. Ely Dade El Mahjoub a eu à effectuer plusieurs missions de consultance dans le domaine des marchés publics notamment sur l’audit des marchés publics en Guinée et en Mauritanie ainsi que sur des rapports annuels de l’ARMP de Mauritanie pour le compte de laquelle il a élaboré, aussi un guide du soumissionnaire aux marchés publics.

Par ailleurs, il a conduit des missions de formation dans le même domaine ainsi que des services de conseils et d’assistance pour des institutions publiques. Enfin, M. Ely Dade El Mahjoub fut expert de deux projets PNUD/Etat Mauritanien dans le domaine de la bonne gouvernance et a travaillé, dans ce cadre sur la mise en oeuvre d’importantes activités en relation avec la décentralisation et la gouvernance locale.

Paulo Magina

Directeur Unité des marchés publics OCDE

M. Paulo Magina dirige l’unité des marchés publics à la direction de la gouvernance publique de l’OCDE depuis mars 2014.

Avec plus d’une douzaine d’années d’expérience dans le secteur public, avant de rejoindre l’OCDE, il était membre du conseil d’administration et directeur financier de l’Agence portugaise des services partagés du gouvernement central, qui est en charge des finances, de la comptabilité, des ressources humaines, des technologies de l’information et des marchés publics.

Auparavant, il était président et directeur général de l’Agence portugaise des marchés publics (2010-2012), où il a dirigé la création de la centrale d’achat et la mise en oeuvre de la passation électronique des marchés. Il a également travaillé avec la BERD et la CNUDCI pour conseiller les réformes politiques et juridiques, élaborer des plans d’action et des feuilles de route pour la restructuration des systèmes de passation des marchés publics dans la région de la CEI (2012-2014).
Auparavant, il était membre adjoint du cabinet du secrétaire d’État aux transports au Portugal et a également occupé des postes de direction en tant que membre du conseil d’administration et directeur financier de la compagnie de chemin de fer nationale portugaise CP (2006-2010).
Au début de sa carrière, M. Magina était directeur des investissements dans les secteurs des transports, de la banque et du capital investissement pendant plus de 12 ans.

Naushad Khan

Procurement Consultant to the World Bank

Mr. Naushad Khan is a retired lead procurement specialist of the World Bank where he worked on many countries of Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia between 1983 and 2011.

Currently he is a procurement consultant to the World Bank. He has long experience in operational procurement under World Bank-financed projects in different sectors, and in providing support to public procurement reform.
He conducted assessments of public procurement systems in Albania, Armenia, Bhutan, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine.

In order to foster regional cooperation in public procurement, he initiated regional public procurement networks and conferences in Central Asia and South Asia in 2004 and 2011 respectively which are still functional.
Since the establishment of the African Public Procurement Network in Togo in October 2018, Mr. Khan, as a consultant to the World Bank, has been providing assistance to make the Network operational as an effective learning and networking platform.

Dobrosav Milovanović

Professor of University of Belgrade
(Serbie)

Mr Dobrosav Milovanović is currently a full Professor of University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law (67, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra, www.ius. bg.ac.rs).

He is teaching Administrative Law, Public Administration, Regulatory Reform, and Local Government. He is also member of Institute for Legal and Social Sciences Council`s, Chairmen of Public Law Department 2013- 2014, Vice Dean for Science (2015-2018) and Director of Centre for Public Administration and Public Procurement at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law since 2015.
He was Head of Economics Institute, Belgrade (2005- 2009), Chairman of Securities Commission of the Republic of Serbia (2003-2004) and Deputy Minister of International Economic Relations of the Republic of Serbia (2001-2003).

He had a PhD, Faculty of Law, Belgrade University (The Role of Public Administration in Regulating Financial Markets), LL.M in Law, Faculty of Law, Belgrade University, (Legal Frame of Local (Self-) Government in Serbia), Head of Economics Institute, Belgrade, Chairman of Securities Commission of the Republic of Serbia.

Ashraf Ayad

Lead Procurement Policy Officer in the African Development Bank

Ashraf Ayad, an Egyptian Citizen accumulates over 25 years of experience in procurement and project management. He possesses extensive experience in designing efficient procurement arrangements and monitoring of procurement performance within projects of various sizes and with different complexity levels.

Mr. Ayad currently serves as the Lead Procurement Policy Officer in the African Development Bank responsible for the development of various procurement tools and policy documents. He was also selected as a member of the High-Level Panel responsible for the review of the Islamic Development Bank’s Procurement Policy. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Ayad worked as a business development and procurement expert in Egypt, Namibia and Swaziland where he assumed many roles.

During this period he developed bidding strategies and market analysis for private sector firms, prepared technical & financial proposals and represented firms in contract negotiations. He also served as a Member of various high level committees assigned to approve high value procurement, claims, contract amendments and complaints.
Mr. Ayad holds an MBA from the American University in Cairo, he was also certified by the Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania, USA as a Project Manager Professional (PMP), in June 2002. He also acquired a B.Sc. In Civil engineering from Cairo University in 1992.

Bogdan Pușcaș

President of the National Agency for Public Procurement

On January 2016, Mr. Bogdan Pușcaș was appointed president of the National Agency for Public Procurement, in charge with the coordination of the institution, including the implementation of the National strategy on public procurement.

Over the past years, as president of the agency, Mr. Bogdan Pușcaș attended many international seminars and conferences as a speaker, promoting policies and sharing best practices in the public procurement field. Starting December 2015, Mr. Bogdan Pușcaș was Personal Advisor of the Prime Minister of Romania on public procurement issues. Previously Mr. Bogdan Pușcaș worked for the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports (MERYS) and at the National Sports Complex “Lia Manoliu”, where his responsibilities implied supervision of all procurement procedures conducted by the central MERYS.

His experience in public administration dates back to 2004, when Mr. Bogdan Pușcaș occupied the position of Senior Advisor within the Ministry of Integration, Ministry of Public Works and Housing Development, Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism, and Integration Advisor within the National Control Authority.

Laurence Folliot Lalliot

Professeur, Agrégée de droit public

Mme Laurence Folliot Lalliot est Professeur, Agrégée de droit public, à l’Université Paris Nanterre (France). Directrice du Master en droit de l’Economie, spécialiste en droit comparé et international des contrats de la commande publique (marchés publics et PPP), elle enseigne également au GOMAP soutenu par ILO, Sciences Po Paris et l’Université de Turin en Italie et à l’ARMP du Sénégal.

Elle a publié de nombreuses études en droit des contrats publics. Ex Senior Legal Counsel in public procurement à la Banque Mondiale, elle est consultante pour plusieurs organisations internationales telles que la CNUDCI, la Banque Mondiale, la Commission Européenne et l’OCDE.

Mrs Laurence Folliot Lalliot is Full professor of Public Law at the Paris-Nanterre University (France).
Director of the Master degree in Law and Economics, specialized in comparative and international law on public contracts (public procurement and PPP contracts), she is at the Board of the Master in Governance and public procurement conducted by ILO, Sciences Po Paris and the University of Torino in Italy, and she teaches at the ARMP in Senegal. She has extensively published on public contracts topics.