Christopher Tullis is a Senior Digital Development Specialist at the World Bank. His expertise spans topics related to digital public infrastructure, digital identity, digital government, and the data economy. Additionally, he is the Bank’s global thematic lead for data infrastructure and cloud computing. Since joining the Bank in 2014, he has worked on country engagements across Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Having been based in the Côte d’Ivoire country office for 4 years, Christopher played a key role in building out the Bank’s Identification for Development (ID4D) portfolio in West and Central Africa. Before joining the Bank, Chris worked as a researcher at Innovations for Poverty Action, based in Senegal, and the University of Heidelberg. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Sciences Po Paris as well as a B.A. from Amherst College.