Bruce Gosper

Mr. Bruce Gosper is the Vice-President for Administration and Corporate Management of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

He assumed the position on 1 February 2021.

Mr. Gosper is responsible for the overall management of the operations of the Budget, People, and Management Systems Department; Corporate Services Department; Office of the General Counsel; Information Technology Department; Office of the Secretary; and Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department.

Mr. Gosper has 40 years of experience working with multilateral and regional institutions dealing with trade and economic policy and running large public sector organizations. Before taking up a role at ADB, he was Australia’s High Commissioner to Singapore. Prior to that he was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission – Australia’s trade promotion and investment facilitation agency. Previous roles include Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, responsible for Australia’s trade policy and trade negotiations, and Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, where he led Australia’s multilateral trade initiatives and chaired the WTO General Council and WTO Dispute Settlement Body. He held senior roles in the Australian Embassies in Washington and Tokyo, as well as served on the Board of the former Export Finance and Insurance Corporation. He is a member of Asia Society’s Advisory Council.

Mr. Gosper is a graduate of Macquarie University and The University of New England.