LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Jorge Claro, MBA, MCIPS
President & CEO, INPRI

Jorge Claro is an internationally-recognized expert with over 35 years of experience in the field of Government Procurement. He was the Chief of the Procurement Policy and Coordination Office of the Inter-American Development Bank from 1992 to 2000. As a private consultant and President of his own Consulting Company, Claro & Associates, Inc., since 2000, he has carried out multiple activities including lecturing on procurement matters and reform issues at Georgetown University and the International Law Institute. Read full bio

 

LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Patrice F. Pratt, MBA, BA, BEng, APP
Managing Director, INPRI, Jamaica, Ltd.

Ms. Patrice Pratt is an internationally-accredited procurement expert specializing in developing and smaller economy issues, with over nineteen (19) years of experience in public procurement. She has advised and/or assisted several Governments in respect of public procurement reforms in the areas of policy, legislation, administration and operations. For twelve years, Ms. Pratt served as the Head of Trade-Related Issues in the Office of Trade Negotiations at the CARICOM Secretariat, as well as lead international trade negotiator in disciplines of Government Procurement, Competition Policy and Personal Data Protection. Read full bio