Rashad Shawa

Chairman of Board of Directors

  • Founder, Chairman of Board of Directors, and Chairman of Founders Committee, International Water Bank
  • Chairman of MAI (Switzerland) AG, Member of the World Water Council
  • Former Executive Senior Banker, Executive Advisor, and Executive Board Member of Coutts & Co. Bank (Switzerland) AG, United Bank of Kuwait PLC (UK), Royal Trust Bank (Switzerland) AG, Dresdner Bank (Switzerland AG), Banque Privee Edmond De Rothschild (Switzerland) AG, and M.M. Warburg & Co. (Switzerland) AG
  • Former Member of Global Advisory Board of Babson College in Wellesley, MA, USA
  • Member of Medurable France, an international organization for sustainable development goals, water resourcesmanagement, and climate change

H.E. Kabine Komara

Member of Board of Directors

  • Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea
  • Former Member of Guinea CTRN ruling council, in charge of Economic Planning & Cooperation
  • Former Senior Director at Friguia Company, an International Alumnia Company in Guinea and at the Guinea Bauxite Company (CBG)
  • Former Senior Director for Projects & Administrative Services at the African Export-Import Bank in Cairo
  • Former High Commissioner of the River Senegal Basin Organization ( OMVS)
  • Former Chairman of the International Network of Basin Organizations ( INBO)
  • Former Chairman of Skyebank Guinea
  • Former Alternate Director at the African Development Bank (AfDB)
  • Recipient of "Prix Oscar for Best African Manager"
  • Recipient of the "Commandeur Ordre du Merite du Lion" of Senegal
  • Board Member of several leading international foundations

Shermine Dajani

Member of Board of Directors

  • Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PanMed Energy
  • Founding Partner of Medgrid France
  • Board Member of the French Think Tank Institute de Prospective Economique du Monde
  • Board Member of EDAMA, a Jordanian association focusing on energy, environment, and water
  • Advisor to the Board of Directors of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Jordan
  • Recipient of France’s highest decoration, the Legion d’Honneur, and of the “Order of the Crown” from His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium

Brice Lalonde

Member of Board of Directors

  • Chairman of the Water Academy of France
  • Former Minister of Environment of France
  • Former Presidential Candidate of France
  • Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations in New York and Executive Coordinator of the Rio+20 conference in 2012
  • Former French Ambassador for climate negotiations
  • Former Chairman of the Round Table for Sustainable Development at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Former Chairman of the French Chapter of the international NGO Friends of the Earth

Dr. Shaddad Attili

Member of Board of Directors

  • Former Minister of Water in Palestine
  • Former Head of the Palestinian Water Authority
  • International Activist and Consultant in the Fields of Water & Environment
  • Former Senior Policy Adviser with Adam Smith Institute International
  • Recipient of France’s highest decoration, the Legion d’Honneur, by French President François Hollande

Jean-Francois Donzier

Member of Board of Directors

  • Board Member at the Water Academy of France
  • Honorary General Secretary for Life of the International Network of Basin Organizations General Secretary of the Global Alliances for Water and Climate
  • Former General Manager of the International Office for Water in France
  • Former Secretary of the International Network of Water Training Centers
  • Former Founding Governor of the World Water Council
  • Former Member of the Global Water Partnership Steering Committee
  • Former Manager of the French National Fund for Rural Water Supply
  • Recipient of the “Chinese Government Friendship Award” for cooperation in the Chinese water sector
  • Recipient of Gold and Silver Medals from the Ministry of Environment and Water in Hungary

Newton De Lima Azevedo

Member of Board of Directors

  • Founder and Chairman of the Board of Hydrus Brasil
  • Governor for Brazil at the World Water Council
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Private Water Operators – Aquafed
  • Councilor of Instituto Trata Brasil
  • President of Eco-Enob Soluções Ambientais Ltda
  • Vice-President of ABDIB – Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries
  • President of Ondeo Degrémont Brasil and Vice-President of Ondeo Degrémont South America (Suez Group)
  • President of Águas do Amazonas (Suez Group)
  • President of Lyonnaise des Eaux do Brasil (Suez Group)
  • General Manager of ETEP – Estudos Técnicos e Projetos ETEP Ltda
  • Director of Themag Engenharia Ltda