Lead, Public Procurement & Sustainable Infrastructure

Liesbeth is Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure within the Economic, Law and Policy program. She has more than 10 years of expertise in public procurement and sustainable development and heads our research and advisory work with governments for using public procurement strategically to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals. Liesbeth also provides training on green and sustainable public procurement, including as part of the IMPPM program. Additionally, Liesbeth works as Coordinator of the Nature-Based Infrastructure (NBI) Global Resource Centre, where she works with the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) methodology to make the case for investing in nature. In this capacity, she has been building new partnerships with national governments, cities, CSOs, IFIs and project developers to plan, procure, value, finance and implement NBI projects. Previously, Liesbeth worked with UN Environment Program and started her career as consultant in auditing and corporate finance with a family-owned consultancy business in Belgium.