People

Simon Burall is director of public participation thinktank and charity Involve and a member of the Open Government Network’s steering group.

Alessandro Bellantoni is the OGP Director for Policy and Partnerships. In this role, he and his team are dedicated to accelerating partnership-wide collective progress in policy areas prioritized in the OGP’s 2023-2028 strategy and in the Open Government Challenge. He…

Brendan Howlin was appointed as the Republic of Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform in March 2011. A former school teacher, Minister Howlin was elected to the Seanad Eireann (Irish Senate) in 1982 and has been a member of…

Gilbert Sendugwa is the Executive Director of Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC). He has experience of nearly two decades managing and coordinating donor funded projects and consultancy teams. He has pioneered open contracting in Africa and coordinated implementation of…