Bruce has worked in the natural resources sector since 1989 as policy advisor in several countries including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, India and Malaysia. He developed evidence-based performance indicators as a tool to benchmark better outcomes of water governance at the national, basin and floodplain scales and in reporting mechanisms by river basin organizations. In teams or individually, he has won or led consultancy and research projects funded by the ADB, World Bank, the Netherlands Water Partnership, DANIDA, AusAID, the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and the US National Science Foundation. He holds Masters and PhD degrees from Australia’s original Faculty of Natural Resources at the University of New England.