Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Kenneth Frederick Roberts (1923-1995) was born in Lancaster, England, and attended Manchester University where he received an honours degree in civil engineering. In 1947, he joined t... Read full biography

Pierre Giacasso

President: 1995-1997 (IWSA)
Pierre Giacasso Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Pierre Giacasso (1940 – 2010) grew up in Geneva. He attended ETH Zurich with Professor Grassmann, obtaining a degree in process engineering. After finishing ETH, he spent the ne... Read full biography

Guy Dejouany

President: 1980-1982 (IWSA)
Guy Dejouany Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Guy Dejouany (1920-2011) was a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées. In 1950 he joined the Compagnie Generale des Eaux (CGE) and became Director ... Read full biography

L Pollet

President: 1958-61 (IWSA)
L Pollet  Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Editor’s note:  Details of Pollet’s professional history have not been after found after extensive searching.  The editors are hoping for help in completing this TPT from members... Read full biography

Denis Ballay

Denis Ballay Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Denis Ballay, (1944-2004) who graduated as a Civil Engineer from Ecole Polytechnic (1969) shared a lifelong commitment to water, sanitation and ww treatment provision in small commun... Read full biography

Junichiro Matsumoto

Junichiro Matsumoto Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Junichiro Matsumoto (1923-2006) was Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo in 1947, a... Read full biography

George Ekama

George Ekama Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background George Ekama (1949-2023) was born in The Netherlands. His family left the post-WWII Netherlands in the 1950s for a new life in South Africa. George earned his Bachelor with honours f... Read full biography

Vladimir Madera

Founder
Vladimir Madera  Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Vladimír Madera (1905 – 1997) graduated from the College of Chemical-Technological Engineering (VSCHT) in 1926, while simultaneously studying microbiology. He began his c... Read full biography

Sam Jenkins

Founder
Sam Jenkins Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Samuel H. Jenkins (1901 – 1983) – in the view of the three editors of the TPTs, Reiter, Kroiss, and Olsson – is the true father of IAWPR. His legacy deserves special attenti... Read full biography

Louis Coin

Founder

Pal Benedek

Founder

Angela Nakale

Research Engineer, NamWater
Angela Nakale is a Research Engineer in the Research and Development Division of NamWater. A trained Civil Engineering Water Technologist with advanced Water Resource Management skills has over 12 years of experience in the water sector. Read full biography

James Heita

Research And Development Scientist, Namibia Water Corporation
James Heita holds a master’s degree in water quality engineering, with a specialized focus on water treatment and desalination. With over 6 years of experience in the field, he has worked on numerous projects aimed at improving water quality and ac... Read full biography

François Bernard Brikke

Project Manager – Inclusive Urban Sanitation Initiative

Jo Burgess

Head Trial Reservoir Global Services, Isle Utilities Ltd.
Jo Burgess is an environmental scientist with more than 20 years’ experience in the water, environment and wastewater sectors. At Isle, she is responsible for the Trial Reservoirs, international initiatives that aim to mitigate climate change, ena... Read full biography

Michael Storey

Managing Director (Asia-Pacific), Isle Utilities Ltd.
Michael Storey is a trusted leader and advisor in the water industry, with over 25 years of experience across both public and private sectors. He has held positions at the Board, Executive, and Senior Management levels and is well-versed in corporat... Read full biography

Jabulile Mashwama

MD, Eswatini Water Services Corporation, IWA Board Member

William Fernandes

Deputy General Manager, Toronto Water, IWA Board Member

Doulaye Kone

Interim Director, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IWA Board Member

Gopika Beena

South Asia Membership Officer gopika.jyothi [a] iwahq.org

Navaneetha Krishnan

IT Web Developer navaneetha [a] iwahq.org

Santhosh Kumar

Global Events and Awards Officer santhosh.kumar [a] iwahq.org

M Raghu Pandian

Global Events Officer- Logistics raghu.pandian [a] iwahq.org

Prasanna Jogdeo

South Asia Operations Manager prasanna.j [a] iwahq.org

Mohmad Asari Bin Daud

Malaysian Water Association President, IWA Vice President and Board Member
Dr. Ir. Mohmad Asari Daud, an accomplished engineer, is the President of the Malaysian Water Association and CEO of Perlis Water Company. With degrees from UTM and Liverpool, he has held significant roles in Malaysia’s Public Works Department and p... Read full biography

Hayat Raza

Career Building Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Hayat Raza currently works as Project Engineer with Continental Carbon Group, Inc. in Ontario, Canada. With over 9 years of field experience, his work involves providing odor control, drinking water and groundwater treatment solutions for clients in ... Read full biography

Francisca Sousa Braga

Career Building Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Francisca Braga is an industrial PhD student at Skanderborg Forsyning, DTU and VIA University College, working on water-energy nexus. Currently, Francisca is an active member of the International Water Association (IWA) and she is the chair of the IW... Read full biography

Marina Batalini de Macedo

Specialist Group (SG) – YWP Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee

Andrea Carranza Munoz

Specialist Group (SG) – YWP Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee
I am a last-year industrial PhD candidate in the Department of Molecular Biology at SLU University of Agricultural Sciences and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute. I am passionate about wastewater treatment and fermentation processes. I pre... Read full biography

Jacqueline Sampah Adjei

Events and Communications - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Jacqueline Sampah-Adjei is an Environment & Sanitary Engineering Specialist at Constromart. She holds an MSc in Water Sanitation and Health Engineering from the University of Leeds and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from KNUST... Read full biography

Rita Noelle Moussa

Events and Communications - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Rita-Noelle holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. She brings a diverse set of expertise in wastewater treatment, renewable energy production, biotechnology, and eco-toxicology of pharmaceutical products. She i... Read full biography

Victor Ambuso Oruko

YWP Chapter Coordination - IWA YWP Steering Committee

Natalie Lamb

YWP Chapter Coordination - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Dr Natalie Lamb RSci MIWater MRSB, Innovation Delivery Manager at Spring, brings global technology, concepts and innovation to the UK and Irish water utilities, around specific problem statements. This problem statements can be in a multitude of diff... Read full biography

Natasha Mumba

Vice-Chair - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Natasha Mumba is the Technical Officer at the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) where she works to support government departments, civil society and academic institutions to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Developme... Read full biography

Mara Regina Samensatto Ramos

Superintendent, DAEE- Departamento de Águas e Energia Elétrica
Mara Ramos has over 30 years of experience in the water sector, working in multidisciplinary projects in the fields of water resources, sustainability, planning and management. Mara was the head of DAEE, the Water Agency for São Paulo State and now ... Read full biography

Tony Milburn

Tony Milburn Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Tony Milburn (1942 – 2023)   A civil engineer by profession, Tony initially worked on flood relief schemes and water resource projects on the Wye River Authority.   He then mov... Read full biography

Ed Hulshof

Ed Hulshof Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Ed Hulshof (1948-2022) combined chemistry, economics and practice in his academic education.:  Organic Chemistry, Utrecht University; Chemical Technology, Delft University; Economics,... Read full biography

Piers Cross

Piers Cross Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Piers Cross (1951-2017), a South African with a background in social anthropology and public health, was the founding CEO of the Mvula Trust which, in the Mandela years (1990s), helpe... Read full biography

Charles (Charlie) O’Melia

Charles (Charlie) O’Melia Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Charles R. O’Melia (1934-2010) was one of the world’s leading authorities on  water treatment science and practice.  Born in New York City, Charlie’s fascinati... Read full biography

Keiji Goto

Keiji Goto Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Keiji Goto (1927-2013) started his career as a waterworks engineer at the Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks (TMW) in 1949. Steep population and economic growth in Japan followed the recons... Read full biography

Francois Fiessinger

Francois Fiessinger Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Francois Fiessinger (1944-1997) spent the majority of his career at Lyonnaise de Eaux, where he became a world expert on water treatment processes, and in combining both resea... Read full biography

John Briscoe

John Briscoe Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background John Briscoe (1948-2015), a native of South Africa, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Cape Town in 1969, an M.S. in environmental engineerin... Read full biography

Heinz Bernhardt

Heinz Bernhardt Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Heinz Bernhardt (1929-1996) studied chemistry in Marburg, where he graduated with a doctorate in 1957. Directly after his studies, he started his career at Wahnbachtalsperrenverba... Read full biography

Leonard Bays

Leonard Bays Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Leonard (Len) Bays (1930 – 2009) completed his university training undertaken in Lancashire and London with degrees in both mathematics and chemistry. He initially worked for the N... Read full biography

Ken Ives

Ken Ives Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Kenneth James Ives (1926-2009) studied civil engineering at University College London (UCL) and then spent seven years with the Metropolitan Water Board in London.  There he formed the ... Read full biography

Gerrit v R. Marais

Gerrit v R. Marais Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Gerrit van Rooyen Marais (1927-2005) was professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.   Early in his career he made significant contributions to low-cost water sup... Read full biography

Ernst Kuntze

Ernst Kuntze Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Ernst Kuntze (1920-2014) was Head of the Wastewater Division in the City of Hamburg. He studied Civil Engineering in Hannover and began his professional career 1950 at Ruhrverband. S... Read full biography

Wilhelmus Krul

Founder
Wilhelmus Krul Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Wilhelmus F.J.M. Krul (1893-1981) is nationally renowned in The Netherlands for his central role in establishing The Netherlands as one of the world’s leading drinking water supp... Read full biography

Rene Brunotte

President: 1952-1955 (IWSA)
Rene Brunotte Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Details of Rene Brunotte’s professional history are insufficient to provide a comprehensive summary in this account.  What is clear from available historical records, however, ar... Read full biography

Cornelis Biemond

Cornelis Biemond Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Cornelis Biemond (1899-1981) was trained as a Civil Engineer at Delft University.  He initially served as Chief Bridge Officer for the City of Amsterdam overseeing 1900 bridges ... Read full biography

Richard S. Engelbrecht

President: 1980-1986 (IAWPR)
Richard S. Engelbrecht Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Richard S. “Dick” Engelbrecht (1926-1996) was the Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  After receivi... Read full biography

Petr Grau

President: 1990-1994 (IAWQ)
Petr Grau Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Petr Grau (1932-2022) graduated from University of Chemical Technology (UCT) in Prague.   He returned to UCT Prague in 1967 as a researcher and later Assistant Professor at the Depart... Read full biography

Poul Harremoes

President: 1980s IAWPRC
Poul Harremoes Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Poul Harremoes (1934-2003) was Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He received MSc degrees from DTU in 1957 and Massachusetts Insti... Read full biography

Heinz Tessendorf

President: 1991-1993 (IWSA)
Heinz Tessendorf Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Heinz Tessendorf (1931-2021) was the technical managing director of Berliner Wasserbetriebe, responsible for drinking water supply and wastewater treatment in the City of Berlin.... Read full biography

William H. Richardson

President: 1988-1991 (IWSA)
William H. Richardson Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background William H. Richardson (1929 -1997) was the Managing Partner of Alvord, Burdick & Howson, at the time a leading international water engineering firm. He received his BS i... Read full biography

Jan Dirickx

President: 1986-1988 (IWSA)
Jan Dirickx Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Jan Dirickx (1922 – ?) was a national and international leader in water supply.  He attended the Catholic University Leuven and received his Civil Engineering degree in 1946. He be... Read full biography

Maarten Schalekamp

President: 1982-1984 (IWSA)
Maarten Schalekamp Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Maarten Schalekamp (1930 – 1998) was born as a Dutch citizen and studied civil engineering in The Hague and Delft in 1949-56. From 1956-68 he worked as a civil engineer in Sw... Read full biography

Tamon Ishibashi

President: 1978-1980 (IWSA)
Tamon Ishibashi Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Tamon Ishibashi (1917-1990) made a major contribution at a time of rapid progress in the settlement of Japan’s social infrastructure. He was a researcher of sanitary, waterw... Read full biography

Cornelis (Cor) van der Veen

President: 1976-1978 (IWSA)
Cornelis (Cor) van der Veen Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Cornelis van de Veen (1922-1994) received his professional training in Civil Engineering at Delft University in the Netherlands. After working in Public Works Amsterda... Read full biography

Leonard Millis

President: 1974-76 (IWSA)
Leonard Millis Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Leonard William Francis Millis (1908-1986) was professionally educated in the early 1930s in London and received a BSc degree in Economics.  He was the Managing Director of the Br... Read full biography

Fred Merryfield

President: 1972-1974 (IWSA)
Fred Merryfield Distinguished Departed Pioneer Professional background Fred Merryfield (1900-1976) emigrated to the US from England in 1915, returned to England as an RAF Pilot in WWI and thereafter earned his degree in Civil Engineering from Oregon ... Read full biography

Sukriti Singh

Marketing & Communications Officer- London HQ sukriti.singh [a] iwahq.org

Sakshi Shukla

Communications & Marketing Officer- London HQ sakshi.shukla [a] iwahq.org

Wilhelm von der Emde

Founder

Hillel I. Shuval

Founder

Cecil David (Guy) Parker

Founder

Gunther Mueller-Neuhaus

Founder

Shigehisa Iwai

Founder

Wes Eckenfelder

Founder

Bernard (Bernie) Berger

Founder

Korokuro Hirose

John Andrews

Bertil Hawerman

President: 1976-1980

Gerrie Stander

President: 1969-1976

Erman Pearson

President: 1965-1969

Muttucumaru Sivakumar

Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
Associate Professor Muttucumaru Sivakumar areas of expertise include water quality and water resources engineering; Pollutant export from urban catchments; Water and wastewater treatment; Environmental hydraulics and Modelling; Sediment transport. He... Read full biography

Janelcy Alferes Castano

R&D Project Leader Monitoring Technology and Digital Water, VITO WaterKlimaatHub
Electronic Control Engineer with a MSc in Electronic Engineering and a PhD in industrial processes by the University of Navarra (San Sebastian, Spain). Postdoc at the Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Modelling at Université Laval in Quebec. R&... Read full biography

F. Javier Fernandez Delgado

Deputy Director - ICA, Canal de Isabel II
Having worked in the water sector for 31 years, Javier has gained a deep understanding of the industry, and invaluable experience. During this period, he has held various positions in areas such as Research & Development (R&D), Innovation, IT... Read full biography

Christian Taylor

Planning Technical Director, Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A (AySA)
Technical Planning Director in Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos ( AySA) More than 25 years of experience in developing water and sanitation Master Plans for the company that provides water and sanitation services to 14 million people in Buenos Aires Me... Read full biography

Beatrice Cantoni

Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A), Politecnico di Milano
Beatrice Cantoni is a Junior-Assistant Professor (RTD-A) at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano working on water treatment and related human and environmental risks. She holds a PhD degree in Environmental a... Read full biography

Ana Soares

Professor of Biotechnology Engineering, Cranfield University
Dr Ana Soares is a Professor in Biotechnology Engineering specialised in environmental water protection and resource recovery currently working at Cranfield University in the UK. She holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Lund University, in S... Read full biography

Muhammad Anique Azam

Strategic Advisory Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Anique is an early career researcher in unconventional water resources and decentralised water generation, and a young academician. His current research includes studies of materials that help achieving SDG 6 unconventionally. Anique also chairs th... Read full biography

Adam Saffian bin Ghazali

Chief Executive Officer, Aliran Ihsan Resources Berhad
Adam Saffian Ghazali is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Aliran Ihsan Resources Berhad (AIRB), a member of MMC Group. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (FCA, ANZ) and Chartered Accountants of the Malaysian Inst... Read full biography

Satoshi Takizawa

Professor, Dept. of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Eng., University of Tokyo; IWA Board Member

Hamanth Kasan

Independent Advisor on Water and Sanitation, IWA President and Board Member
Hamanth boasts 35 years of active global water sector involvement, holding a uniquely diverse expertise across academia, industries, utilities, and development agencies. He possesses a unique blend of multidisciplinary experience and skills, both wit... Read full biography

Erika Yarrow-Soden

Publications and Content Editor Erika.Yarrow-Soden [a] iwahq.org

Suseendiran Ganapathy

Membership and Operations Senior Officer - India Regional Office suseendiran.ganapathy [a] iwahq.org

Jeyannathann Karunanithi

India Regional Operation Manager - India Regional Office jeyannathann.karunanithi [a] iwahq.org

Syed Faiz Ahmed

Membership Relation Officer - Membership Fulfilment syedfaiz.ahmed [a] iwahq.org

Janani Shree

Membership Relations Officer - Membership Fulfilment janani.shree [a] iwahq.org

Shazvan Hanif

Web Developer - Senior IT Officer shanif [a] iwahq.org

Abhinaya V

Salesforce CRM Analyst - IT & Digital Transformation abinayav [a] iwahq.org

Kerrie Dyer

Corporate Membership Officer - Membership Fulfilment kerrie.dyer [a] iwahq.org

Aishwarya N

Senior Accounts Officer - Accounts & Finance (India) aishwarya.n [a] iwahq.org

Jignesh Macwan

Support Officer - IWA Secretariat jignesh.macwan [a] iwahq.org

Damir Brdjanovic

Professor of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the Netherlands
Dr. Damir Brdjanovic is Professor of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Areas of his expertise include CWIS, non-sewered sanitation and faecal sludge management, and urban drainage and ... Read full biography

Thammarat Koottatep

Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Thammarat Koottatep is a Professor of the Environmental Engineering Management program and Co-Director of Global Water and Sanitation Center of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. He is an internationally recognized professional on fec... Read full biography

Osward Mulenga Chanda

Director of the Water Development & Sanitation Department at the African Development Bank
Osward is the Director of the Water Development and Sanitation Department at the Africa Development Bank, responsible for a program portfolio of US$4.9 billion and the Africa Water Facility. He is a Civil Engineer,  global player in the water sector... Read full biography

Neeta Pokhrel

Chief of Water Sector Group, Asian Development Bank, Philippines
Neeta Pokhrel, Chief of Water Sector Group, has over 25 years of experience working with ADB, private sector, international consulting firms, non-governmental organizations and water utilities. She leads strategic development of ADB’s water sector ... Read full biography

Kate Medlicott

Sanitation team leader, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Kate Medlicott is the Sanitation team leader within the WASH team at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.  In this role Kate is responsible for translating health evidence to policy and practice through WHO guidelines and for health... Read full biography

Sylvain Usher

Executive Director of the African Water and Sanitation Association
Sylvain Usher is the Executive Director of the African Water and Sanitation Association. He undertook various studies for institutions such as the European Union, African Development Bank, World Bank and facilitated various workshops and session duri... Read full biography

Margaret W. Maina

Managing Director of Limuru Water and Sewerage Company, Kenya
Margaret W. Maina is the Managing Director of Limuru Water and Sewerage Company, a Kenyan Water utility with 17 years as the Managing Director. She has over 28 years experience in the Water Sector having worked in the Ministry of Water Development in... Read full biography

Jennifer Balatedi Molwantwa

CEO, Water Research Commission, South Africa
Dr Jennifer Molwantwa is the CEO of the Water Research Commission of South Africa since 2022. Since 2023, she is a member of the Advisory Board for IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology focusing on mine wate... Read full biography

Mathi Vathanan

Principal Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Odisha, India
Mr. G. Mathi Vathanan is the Principal Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Government of Odisha in India. Since 2023, has been a member of the Advisory Board for IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initiative. As Princ... Read full biography

Patrick Ty

Chief Regulator at Metropolitan Waterworks & Sewerage System, Philippines
Attorney Patrick Lester N. Ty holds the distinction of being the youngest person to be appointed as Chief Regulator in the 25-year history of the MWSS RO. Since 2023, he is a member of the Advisory Board for IWA’s Inclusive Urban Sanitation initia... Read full biography

Min Yang

Distinguished Fellow, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Min Yang is a professor of the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is focusing on the identification and control of harmful pollutants in drinking water and wastewater. His group has published over ... Read full biography

Aijie Wang

Distinguished Fellow, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Rao Surampalli

Distinguished Fellow, Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, United States
Dr. Rao Surampalli is currently President, CEO and Chief Technology Officer of the Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (GIEES); an organization dedicated to providing consulting, technical and research services for the develop... Read full biography

Juan Lema

Distinguished Fellow, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Elisabeta Poci

Executive Director of Water Supply & Sewerage Association of Albania, IWA Board Member
Elisabeta Poci is the Executive Director of Water Supply and Sewerage Association of Albania (SHUKALB), a non-governmental and not for profit professional organization, aiming to improve the performance of water supply and sewerage sector in Albania,... Read full biography

Harsha Ratnaweera

Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences Founder and Chairman, DOSCON AS, Norway, IWA Board Member
Harsha Ratnaweera has been a water and wastewater engineering professor at the faculty of sciences and technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), since 2012. Before NMBU, he was the director of international projects and innovation and... Read full biography

S Mohan

Vice Chancellor, Puducherry Technological University, IWA Board Member
Prof. (Dr.) S. MOHAN is currently the Vice Chancellor, Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry (since Dec 2021) under deputation from Indian Institute of Technology Madras where he serves as Institute Chair Professor in the Environmental &am... Read full biography

Omi Kumari

Research Scholar, Western Sydney University
Omi is a Geographer at Western Sydney University. Her research work is on water governance and regional planning. She has experience in dealing with multi stakeholders’ participation. She is passionate about bringing more inclusive planning for... Read full biography

Christopher Lawson

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto. ISME-IWA 2022 Award Winner
Dr. Christopher Lawson recently joined the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor in 2021. He earned his BASc and MASc at the University of British Columbia (2010 and 2014, re... Read full biography

Jizhong (Joe) Zhou

Research Professor, ISME-IWA 2022 Award Winner, IWA Fellow
Dr Jizhong (Joe) Zhou is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor, and Director of the Institute for Environmental Genomics at University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. He is internationally recognized for a number of ground-breaking discoveries and pioneeri... Read full biography

Gokul Dayalan

Strategic Advisory Role IWA YWP Steering Committee - Research Scientist
Gokul Dayalan completed his Doctorate of Philosophy in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His research focuses on Treated of leachate from municipal solid wast... Read full biography

Agustin Landaburu

Strategic Advisory Role IWA YWP Steering Committee - Water Consultant
Agustin is a civil engineer and has a Master’s degree in Water Management from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) where he is currently an assistant professor. He has experience as a consultant on sanitary networks, project engineering, WWTP ... Read full biography

Chelsea Hayward

Chair - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Chelsea is a Process Engineer in the Water Team at Jacobs with a background in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. She has varied project experience addressing current and emerging water challenges across a number of water and wastewater treatmen... Read full biography

Khoa Ngo

Specialist Group (SG) YWP Role IWA YWP Steering Committee - Post-Doctoral Researcher
Nam just finished a PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering research collaboration program between the Catholic University of America and DC Water in Washington DC, USA. Nam has more than six years of experience in the area of intensification an... Read full biography

Claudia Prehn

Secretary - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Claudia is a civil engineer specialising in water management, hydraulics, and hydrology. She is interested in scientific research, teaching, and social projects related to water. She is passionate about water science and effective knowledge transfer.... Read full biography

Shotaro Goto

Chapter Coordinator IWA YWP Steering Committee
Shotaro is studying sustainable WASH at UCL. Before coming to London, he worked in the Japanese water sector for five years. Also, he is a Chapter Coordinator for the Young Water Professionals’ Steering Committee and he is involved in other IWA... Read full biography

Qian Li

Chapter Coordinator IWA YWP Steering Committee - Professor, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Qian is a professor at the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, she is a Young Water Professionals Chapter Coordinator, and she was a Managing Committee member of the IWA Young Wa... Read full biography

Ashton Mpofu

Strategic Advisory Role - IWA YWP Steering Committee
Ashton is a driven, tolerant, altruistic, ambitious visionary and an experienced chemical engineering professional with oratory skills and a passion for water, circular economy and sustainable development. His past experience spans working with secto... Read full biography

Lisa Bross

Head of R&D at Wasserversorgung Rheinessen-Pfalz GmbH

Jules van Lier

Professor, Delft University of Technology
Jules van Lier is full professor “Wastewater Treatment /  Environmental Engineering” at the Section Sanitary Engineering of Delft University of Technology, with a 0.2 fte posted position at UNESCO-IHE. He received both his MSc and PhD from Wagen... Read full biography

Shaitan Singh

Superintending Engineer (PHED Rajasthan), BE (Civil), MBA (PM)

Mr. Md. Abdullah P. Eng.

P. Eng., Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority

Mads Leth

CEO, VCS Denmark (Administrerende Direktør hos VandCenter Syd)

Melissa Meeker

CEO, The Water Tower

Yvonne Magawa

Executive Secretary, ESAWAS, Zambia
Yvonne Magawa is the Executive Secretary at the Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation (ESAWAS) Regulators Association. She is overseeing the support to African WSS regulators to improve urban sanitation services by integrating non-sewered ... Read full biography

Jotham Ivan Sempewo

Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda
Jotham Ivan Sempewo is a Lecturer in the department of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering, Design, Art & Technology of Makerere University, Kampala. His research, teaching, and consultancy focus on project management, tra... Read full biography

Mr Jorge Durán

Chemical Engineer & Consultant, Argentina
Jorge Durán is a Chemical Engineer specialized in Sanitary Eng. and MSc in Environmental Eng. He was trained in High Rate Anaerobic Treatment at Wastewater Technology Centre (Ont. Canada). and served at National Water Institute of Argentina performi... Read full biography

Liu Ye

Associate Professor, University of Queensland

Jeroen Langeveld

Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology

Samuel Asante

Member Data Officer - Global Events and Awards Samuel.asante [a] iwahq.org

Sara Muradi

Executive Assistant to the ED - IWA Secretariat Sara.Muradi [a] iwahq.org

Carlos Diaz

Strategic Programmes & Engagement Manager

Professor Marcos Von Sperling

Nafisa Barot

Makoto Jingu

Samira Akoudad

Global Events Manager - Global Events and Awards samira.akoudad [a] iwahq.org

Sara Muradi

Executive Assistant to IWA's Executive Director

Rose Kaggwa

Senior Director National Water & Sewerage Corporation, IWA Senior Vice President and Board Member

María Molinos-Senante

Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, IWA Board Member

Lee-Ann Sade Modley

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Lecturer
Lee-Ann serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. She is a Lecturer with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Water Quality Monitoring, Freshwater ecosystems, Sediment, Environmental Imp... Read full biography

Hagimar von Ditfurth

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Consultant, Researcher
Hagimar serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. He is a freelance consultant and researcher based in Northern Uganda. From Mai 2017 to July 2019 Hagimar was Executive Assistant and Programm Coordinator at German Water Partners... Read full biography

Michel Caluwé

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Expert
Michel serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. He holds a PhD in Biological Wastewater Treatment works as Expert at the University of Antwerp. Michel has been an active IWA Member. Read full biography

Liudmyla Odud

IWA YWP Steering Committee member; Leading Engineer
Liudmyla coordinates the Events and Communications for the IWA YWP Steering Committee. She holds a PhD in Water Supply and Sewerage. Her international experience also involves the International Organising Committee of the IWA Eastern European Young W... Read full biography

Niti B Jadeja

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Researcher
Niti serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. She is a researcher, working in the area of wastewater treatment. Wastewater treatment processess are the complex systems for metagenomic studies, where several organics and xenobio... Read full biography

Farokh Laqa Kakar

IWA Emerging Water Leader& PhD Candidate
Farokh laqa Kakar serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. She is a PhD (Doctoral) Candidate at Civil Engineering department of Ryerson University and Professor at Goerge brown College in Toronto, Canada. She is the president o... Read full biography

Inês Breda

Secretary IWA YWP Steering Committee, IWA Emerging Water Leader - Product and Process Manager
Inês serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. She works as a Product and Process Manager at Silhorko-EUROWATER A/S – A Grundos Company. PhD, strong knowledge on filtration technology for production of drinking water. Pas... Read full biography

Huijie Lu

IWA Emerging Water Leader & ZJU100 Young Professor
Huijie serves as IWA Emerging Water Leaders Steering Committee Member. ● ZJU 100 Young Professor, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 2016-currently. ● Managing Committee of IWA Young Water Professionals-China Cha... Read full biography

Pabel Antonio Cervantes Aviles

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Assistant Professor
Pabel holds a Ph.D. on Water Science and Technology and a M.Sc. on Water Sciences. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California Santa Barbara. During Pabel’s academic development, he has transited from the biological wastewater... Read full biography

Chenhao (William) Xie

Greater China IWA Regional Officer - Membership Fulfilment chenhao.xie [a] iwahq.org

Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran

Distinguished Professor at University of Technology, Sydney
IWA Distinguished Fellow. Director, Centre for Technologies in Water and Wastewater, Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney. Read full biography

Akica Bahri

Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Tunisia
IWA Distinguished Fellow. Akissa Bahri is the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries of Tunisia. Moreover,  she has served as a Professor at the National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia. Previously, she worked as Coordinator of th... Read full biography

Charles N. Haas

Head of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University
IWA Distinguished Fellow. Charles N. Haas is the L.D. Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering and head of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, at Drexel University, where he has been since 1991. He also has courte... Read full biography

Jurg Keller

Chief Research Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
IWA Distinguished Fellow. Prof Keller is a leading water professional with 25 years experience mainly in academic research and teaching but always in close collaboration with the water industry. Read full biography

Sharara Kabir

IT & Digital Transformation Officer
Sharara joined IWA in 2019 as a member of the IT and Digital Transformation team, focusing on process transformation and supporting the execution and design of the digital program to achieve superior membership engagement. Sharara is a graduate of Br... Read full biography

Sealand Sun

Global Events Officer: Logistics (Consultant) - Global Events and Awards sealand.sun [a] iwahq.org

Samuela Guida

Strategic Programmes and Engagement Manager - Strategic Programmes and Engagement samuela.guida [a] iwahq.org
As a Strategic Programmes and Engagement Manager at the International Water Association (IWA), Samuela coordinates and manages IWA’s portfolio of strategic programmes, projects, and communities of practice related to the water sector. Dr Guida ... Read full biography

Jessica Chiroma

HR & Operations Manager

Mei Yee Chan

Mei Yee Chan is the Senior Programme Manager of Water and Sanitation services at TÜV SÜD PSB Singapore. She leads the programme development of establishing  lab testing and certification services  and drafting international standards for innovati... Read full biography

Mengqi Ding

Finance & Operations Officer (Consultant) - Accounts & Finance mengqi.ding [a] iwahq.org

Regina Gnirss

Director of Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin; R&D department, Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Regina Gnirss has a Civil Engineering background with experience in Research and Innovation management with national and international funding, water and wastewater treatment technologies, stormwater treatment, adaptation to climate change in urban a... Read full biography

Peter Githinji Kahuthu

Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company Limited, Technical Services Division Head
Eng. Peter G. Kahuthu is currently the Head of Technical Services Division at Nyeri Water and Sanitation Company Limited (NYEWASCO) in central part of Kenya. Key responsibilities include: Policies development and implementation, Efficient water and s... Read full biography

Benedicte Rulleau

Irstea Bordeaux, Researcher
Bénédicte Rulleau holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV (2008). She has done a postdoctoral work at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and has been a Lecturer at the University of Versailles-Saint Q... Read full biography

Mari Asami

Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, NIPH, Chief Senior Researcher
Dr. Mari ASAMI, is currently a chief senior researcher at Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, NIPH, Japan and a professor of Research Center for Water Environment and Technology, the University of Tokyo (Affiliate... Read full biography

Bianca Nijhof

Associate Director, Anthesis
Bianca is a proven & successful leader in business and sustainability with an extensive network across business, governmental organisations and NGOs. She is an experienced communicator and natural collaborator with ample experience on natural, so... Read full biography

Mathieu de Kervenoael

Water & Waste Treatment Infrastructure - SVP, Head of Strategic Development & Marketing
Mathieu de Kervenoael has over 25 years of international business experience in the water sector, including long-term management of water & wastewater utility systems and services, as well as development of water & wastewater treatment infras... Read full biography

Bruno Tisserand

Economic & Legal Affairs Committee, EurEau Chair
Bruno Tisserand is chair of EurEau Committee 3, the voice of Europe’s water sector. He hails from France, where he is Research Program Director for Water with Veolia. He has an engineering degree and a masters in chemistry, physics and biology. He ... Read full biography

Kamal Laksiri

Ceylon Electricity Board, Project Director
Dr. Kamal Laksiri specialized in Hydropower Engineering sector and is mainly concerned with the optimum use of water in the energy sector. Since his graduation, he further completed his higher studies in relevant subject areas: Master’s degree in H... Read full biography

Mariam Abu

Global Awards and Events Officer
Mariam is Global Awards and Events Officer at IWA.  She has a background in Education and has worked in events for over 4 years working in both membership organisations and venue hire. At IWA Events Team she supports the liaison with programme commi... Read full biography

Meenu Puri

Membership Officer
Meenu is a Data Analytics specialist and has joined IWA as a Membership Officer.  Prior to joining IWA she has worked in India as Data Analyst and as online trainer for Predictive Modelling for several years. Meenu’s academica background is a ... Read full biography

Ana Carrasco

Executive Assistant
Ana Carrasco is an Ecuadorian lawyer with a master degree in Energy, Resources and Environment Law from the University of Melbourne, in Australia. Here she specialised on the topics of resilience in the context of human rights and climate change with... Read full biography

Agnes So

Engineer at Hong Kong Public Relations Unit, Drainage Services Department
Agnes SO is an Engineer at the Public Relations Unit of the Drainage Services Department at the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Experienced in projects relating to the 3-pronged approach in flood prevention, Ms. So particip... Read full biography

Varghese Babu

IT & Digital Transformation Director
Varghese Babu, a management professional, graduated from Model Engineering College Kochi, India with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering. He further obtained a Post-Graduate Degree in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur in India. Befor... Read full biography

Luke Somerwill

Specialist Groups Officer
Luke works as a Specialist Groups Officer at the IWA Global Office in The Hague. He is a Public Policy and Human Development MSc graduate from Maastricht University and United Nations University – MERIT. In addition to working for several NGOs ... Read full biography

Sumaira Omer

Supporting Officer
Sumaira joined IWA in April 2019 as Supporting Officer. Being originally from Oxford in the UK, she has an academic background in Economics where she has a BSc in Economics, Finance and International Business from Oxford Brookes University. Before jo... Read full biography

Louisa Gosling

Louisa Gosling works in WaterAid’s International Programmes Department, in a team of sector specialists providing support to country programmes. She has been collaborating with others to promote awareness of access to water and sanitation as human ... Read full biography

Caterina Marinetti

Leadership Engagement Officer
Caterina is a young environmental engineer, passionately working at the boundary between engineering and social sciences. She holds a BSc degree in Environmental Engineering from ‘La Sapienza’ University of Rome, and an MSc in Water Resources Man... Read full biography

Anthony Milburn

Water Resources Consultant; IWA Past Executive Director
Dr. Anthony Milburn is a Water Resources Consultant who was appointed as the first Executive Director of the IWA. After serving 18 years as Executive Director of the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ), Anthony Milburn was one of the ke... Read full biography

Aaron Burton

Aaron is an internationally recognised expert in water efficiency and sustainable water management. He has worked in the UK and Australia across NGO, consulting, industry, academic, regulatory and government roles. This has included projects joining ... Read full biography

Damian Crilly and James Dalton

Aaron Reuben, Rob McDonald and Todd Gartner

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

James Dalton

Claire Warmenbol

Rebecca Welling

Damian Crilly

Todd Gartner

Director of World Resources Institute's Natural Infrastructure for Water project

Rob McDonald

Lead Scientist for the Global Cities program, The Nature Conservancy

Aaron Reuben

Communications Officer for Landscape Restoration, IUCN

Dipak Gywali

Olivier Wendlassida Yameogo

Olivier Wendlassida Yameogo currently holds the position of Head of Water Quality Service of the National Office for Water and Sanitation (ONEA). His main mission in the institution is to monitor the quality of the water produced and distributed and ... Read full biography

László Somlyódy

President: 2004-2006
László Somlyódy is Professor Emeritus at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics where he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Water Utility and Environmental Engineering. Throughout his career he received numerous honours... Read full biography

Vincent Bath

President: 2000-2001
Vincent Bath is the former CEO of Rand Water, a water utility in South Africa. In 2000, he was elected Co-President of the newly established International Water Association (IWA). Vincent Bath was a Vice-President of the International Water Services ... Read full biography

Piet Odendaal

President: 2000-2001
Piet Odendaal is the former Executive Director of the Water Research Commission in South Africa. In 2000, he was elected Co-President of the newly established International Water Association (IWA). A professional chemist and philosophy academic, Piet... Read full biography

Wolfgang Rauch

Professor Wolfgang Rauch with the 2018 IWA Outstanding Service Award. Acting professor at the University of Insbruck in Austria, Professor Rauch is a civil and environmental engineer and a widely published researcher in the fields of water pollution,... Read full biography

Fernanda Wolter

Global Events & Awards Officer
Fernanda is a Brazilian with an academic background in business administration. Before joining the International Water Association as Events and Awards Officer, she worked for 12 years at the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (BAS) as project manager and... Read full biography

Olaf van der Kolk

Director, Aquaminerals, Netherlands
Olaf is AquaMinerals’ director, a Dutch and Belgian water utilities owned company which is the intermediate, on the field of water-originating resources, between the water sector and various economics sectors. There are numerous opportunities v... Read full biography

Yoshihiko Matsui

Professor Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, IWA Board Member
An IWA member since the year 2000, Dr. Yoshihiko Matsui has formally been part of IWA governance since 2013 as a member and from 2015 as a secretary of the IWA Japanese Committee. He is a member of Joint Organizing Committee of IWA World Water Congre... Read full biography

Keith Hayward

Marketing & Communications Director
As IWA’s Marketing & Communications Director, Keith leads the team supporting IWA’s corporate marketing and communications activity and the activity around its events, programmes and membership engagement. He is also responsible for T... Read full biography

Annina Takala

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Doctoral student at Tampere University of Technology Finland
Annina is doctoral student at Tampere University of Technology and my interest is sustainable development of water services and learning in the water sector. She is also chair of YWP chapter in Finland. She currently serves on the IWA Emerging Water ... Read full biography

Akissa Bahri

National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia (INAT)
Akissa Bahri, an agricultural engineer by training, has worked in water research in the fields of water resources development and management, agricultural use of marginal waters and biosolids, and their impacts on the environment with a focus on wate... Read full biography

Tony Wong

Chief Executive of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Australia
Professor Tony Wong is Chief Executive of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, an Australian Government Initiative with research hubs in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Singapore. He is internationally recognised for his researc... Read full biography

Carolina Latorre and Mohamed Tawfik

Carolina Latorre, IWA Programmes Officer Mohamed Tawfik, Consultant, IWA Basins of the Future Programme Read full biography

Pablo Bereciartua

Pablo Bereciartua is Argentina’s Under Secretary for Water Resources, a position to which he was appointed in December 2015. In the public sector, he has served as the Director of Infrastructure for the City of Buenos Aires, where he faced bot... Read full biography

Aparna Sridhar

Policy Advisor, Water, The Nature Conservancy
Aparna Sridhar is a Policy Advisor for Water at the Nature Conservancy where she leads policy engagements and partnerships in support of the Conservancy’s Global Water Fund strategy. In her seven years at the Conservancy, Aparna has supported culti... Read full biography

Julia Thogori Gathu

Other segments - LAMIC, Drilling for Life, Kenya

Ed McCormick

Specialist Groups Representative - McCormick Strategic Water Management, USA

Ulf Jeppsson

Specialist Groups Representative - Co-Chair of the Sub-committee for Specialist Groups, Lund University, Sweden

Günter Langergraber

Specialist Group Representative - Co-Chair of the Sub-committee for Specialist Groups, BOKU university, Austria

Gertjan Medema

Specialist Groups Representative - KWR Watercycle Research Institute, The Netherlands
Connect with Gertjan Medema on IWA-Connect. Read full biography

Mahmood Hakim Lutaaya

Utility - LAMIC, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Uganda

Kazuya Naito

Utilities General, Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan

Douglas John Lumley

Utilities General Representative - Gryaab AB, Sweden
Douglas John Lumley is a Senior Advisor at Gryaab AB which operates the Rya WWTP in Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast. The Rya WWTP serves over 750 000 persons, features enhanced biological and chemical treatment and is a fully automated facili... Read full biography

Chee Meng Pang

Utility Segment Representative - PUB, Singapore

Nicholas John Schofield

Research Institute Representative, University of NSW/UNSW Global Water Institute, Australia

Alberto Biancardi

Regulator representative - Authority for Electricity Gas and Water, Italy
President of WAREG European Water Regulators since May 2015. Commissioner of the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment from February 2011 to August 2018. Senior officer at Gestore Servizi Energetici, in Rome. Born in Milan... Read full biography

Trevor James Bishop

Regulator General, Ofwat, UK

Satkunam Murugathas

Finance Director
Satkunam Murugathas (Thas) is a Chartered, Certified Accountant trained at one of the largest Chartered Accountant firms based in London which specialises in Charities and Non-Profit Organisations. Thas is also a fellow and licenced member of the Ass... Read full biography

Hesam Kamyab

IWA Emerging Water Leader & Researcher Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Ana Lanham

IWA Emerging Water Leader Steering committee & Lecturer in Water Science and Engineering, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Ann Bijnens

Statistics expert from De Watergroep, Belgium

Jan Hammenecker

Leader of the Working Group Statistics and commercial director of De Watergroep, Belgium

Cheryl Davis and Diana Guio

Cheryl Davis is a Principal at CKD Consulting and Chair of the IWA Best practices on Workforce Sustainability Specialist Group. Diana Guio worked as independent sustainability consultant prior to join IWA as Learning and Capacity Development Officer... Read full biography

Jiri Wanner

Professor, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic; IWA Governing Member

Mogens Henze

Mogens Henze has a M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Technical University of Denmark. He joined the university’s Department of Environmental Engineering and served as Head of Department from 1998 – 2011. His research area has been nitrogen removal ... Read full biography

Daniel Deere

Director, Water Futures

Wang Longzhu

The Nature Conservancy