ANDRII MARUSOV

Chairman of the Board. Independent expert in public procurement, journalist

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Andrii Marusov was born in 1972 in Mariupol, Ukraine. He graduated with distinction from Donetsk State University, Ukraine (History), Central European University, Hungary(Sociology) and the University of Kansas (E.Muskie fellowship, Master of Public Administration).

He has significant experience in research and administrative work, in particular  monitoring and evaluation, projects implementation supported by the International Finance Corporation, Delegation of EC to Ukraine, UNICEF Ukraine, UNDP Ukraine, Office of the World Bank in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, the U.N. Secretariat, USAID, Open Society Institute (Budapest), International Renaissance Foundation, the National Bank of Ukraine, the Institute of Sociology of Ukraine, and others.

He designed, coordinated, and participated in research on Ukrainian Land Reform, the Prevention of HIV/AIDS, E-Governance, Public Procurement, Freedom of Speech, Exit Polls etc.

Andrii was among the first to investigate corruption in Ukrainian public procurement (in particular, a corruption scheme with the Tender Chamber of Ukraine). In 2007 he was awarded the Grand Prix of the National Competition on the Best Anti-Corruption Journalist Investigations. In 2008 he was nominated from Ukraine for the Central European Initiative Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism.

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