Alan Clark is a Principal of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants and has over 30 years’ experience in preparing and implementing both small and large irrigation scheme developments in Asia and Africa as Team Leader and/ or irrigation specialist. He completed his MSc in Irrigation Engineering at Southampton University in 1985 and joined ICID in 1992. His expertise embraces water and energy efficiency of irrigation developments, risk assessments, operation and maintenance and sustainability aspects including potential roles of water users, private sector, and government. Currently he is advising and/ or leading irrigation developments in South and Central Asia where features of modernized irrigation schemes include adoption of buried pipe distribution, balancing storages, volumetric metering, conjunctive use of ground and surface water, pump electrification, SCADA management and information systems and public private partnerships.