Vanita has over 25 years of experience in the development sector. She has been working on a wide range of issues including water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), small holder agriculture, forest governance, rural livelihoods, women’s land rights, renewable energy, climate change, extractives and mining. She is currently leading the policy and advocacy work with WaterAid at the South Asia regional level. Prior to WaterAid, Vanita worked with Oxfam India and the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development in New Delhi.

Virginia specializes in water security as it relates to WASH. She has worked on a wide range of water issues including food security, irrigation, water resources management, and flood risk management. She holds a PhD from the University of East Anglia, where she explored the topic of agricultural-to-urban water allocation.

Rosie is a passionate advocate for human rights, gender equality, and universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. She has over two decades of international development experience, having lived and worked in Indonesia for six years before joining WaterAid Australia at its inception in 2004. She was Director of International Programs prior to becoming Chief Executive in 2016. Rosie’s leadership manifesto focuses on being an authentic servant leader who always pushes herself beyond her comfort zone—this is where Rosie believes she learns most and performs at her best.

Evariste supports 14 countries in East Asia and 14 other countries, states, and territories in the Pacific. Before joining the regional office, he deputized the Global WASH Chief in UNICEF Headquarters in New York and acted as associate director for the Chief WASH. Evariste has 30 years of professional experience in WASH, including consulting, institutional strengthening, innovative financing, and fundraising. He holds MSc degrees in utility management and financing from Delft (Netherlands).