Jean-Jacques Verdeaux

Jean-Jacques Verdeaux is currently the Procurement Practice Manager in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (LCR). 

Mr. Verdeaux, a French national, is a lawyer who first joined the Bank in 2002 as Senior Procurement Specialist in the Africa region and held, since then, various positions including Senior Counsel in the Legal procurement group, Procurement Coordinator for the Andean Countries, Lead Procurement Specialist for the Middle East and Northern Africa. 

Before his current assignment, he worked at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, where he was the Senior Procurement Adviser for the Energy Department. In his current position as Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Verdeaux leads a team of more than 40 World Bank procurement specialists who supervise operations in 32 countries. 

The portfolio includes operations in critical infrastructure, education, environment, health, including the procurement of vaccines during the pandemic. The unit is also engaged in a dialogue with Borrowers on how to increase the efficiency of their respective procurement systems in a time of high inflation and need for climate action. A graduate from the George Washington University Law School (LL.M in Federal Government Contracts) and the University of Lorraine (Faculté de droit de Nancy), Jean-Jacques is admitted to the Paris Bar and a regular lecturer in the field of international procurement operations and international procurement law.

 Mr. Verdeaux is fluent in both Spanish and English and lived for years in the United States and Latin America. He is currently based in Panama.