Professor Annamaria La Chimia is Professor of Law and Development at the University of Nottingham and Director of its Public Procurement Research Group, a leading global centre on procurement law and policy. She is also a Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University. Professor La Chimia is an internationally recognised authority on International and European Procurement Law, with over twenty years' experience in research, teaching and policy advising. She has led and co-led research projects totalling more than £2.1 million. She was part of the team that established Nottingham's executive LLM in Public Procurement. Professor La Chimia has advised the EU, World Bank, GIZ, UK-ICAI, and others on GRP, sustainability, and aid effectiveness. Author of numerous publications, including the first monograph on development aid procurement, her research informs academic and policy reforms worldwide.