Marcos Bonturi is director for public governance at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He leads a team of over 200 staff at the Public Governance Directorate (GOV). GOV helps governments design and implement strategic, evidence-based, and innovative policies to strengthen public governance, to respond effectively to economic, social and environmental challenges and deliver on governments' commitments to citizens. It covers topics such as innovation, digital government, transparency, integrity, public procurement, public budgeting, gender-responsive policies, risk management and regulatory reform. Mr. Bonturi, who has both Italian and Brazilian citizenship, joined the OECD in 1990. Throughout his OECD career, Mr. Bonturi has held various senior positions, including director for global relations and deputy chief of staff in the secretary-general's cabinet, and has worked in several OECD Directorates. Mr. Bonturi studied engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, holds a master's degree in economics and has also undertaken doctoral studies in trade policy and development economics at the University of Maryland.