Eliza Niewiadomska, Senior Counsel in the Legal Transition Programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London (EBRD) is responsible for public procurement regulatory
advice and technical cooperation with Governments in the EBRD region. Key regional technical
cooperation programmes of the Legal Transition Programme include the EBRD UNCITRAL Public
Procurement Reform Initiative, established in 2011, Policy Advice for Digital Government, first
initiated in 2011 and the EBRD GPA Technical Cooperation Facility, formed in 2014.

Lawyer and economist, Eliza holds postgraduate degrees from the Warsaw University in Poland and
the University College London and King’s College in the United Kingdom. Eliza worked for Polish
government during regulatory reforms preparing Poland’s accession to European Union and upon
leaving Polish civil service, as a general counsel in the IT industry. Prior to joining the EBRD in 2009,
Eliza was head of procurement at power & energy group, PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA in
Warsaw.