Dr. Coral Fernandez-Illescas is a civil and environmental engineer with experience in the water and sanitation sector and water resources management arena in international development (Asian Development Bank in Manila and Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC) and academia (Harvard University and Princeton University) since 1997.

Piers has more than 25 years of experience in the water, waste, and utilities sectors. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Isle Group Ltd, a technical, strategy, and innovation consultancy which serves over 200 utilities around the world. Piers was previously Asset Management Director and Commercial Director at Thames Water, one of Europe’s largest water and wastewater companies.

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).

Katinka Weinberger is the Chief of Environment and Development Policy Section (EDPS) in UNESCAP. As Chief of EDPS, she is responsible for planning, coordinating, directing, and implementing ESCAP’s work program in the area of environment, especially on climate change, water and oceans and provides leadership in formulating and coordinating ESCAP’s response to the 2030 Agenda.

Hong Soo Lee is a smart city expert with a background in urban policy, planning, and development. He brings experience to support bank-wide initiatives and projects in urban development. Before he joined ADB, he worked at Seoul Housing Corporation and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in the Republic of Korea and Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore.

Guillaume has over 15 years of experience in international project development as a water and environmental engineer and economist. He specializes in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCAS).

His work with Development Finance Institutions (DFI) essentially consists in informing project design and packaging, such as economics and quantitative risk analysis at the project appraisal stage.

Etienne Drouet is a managing director of Tractebel the company that provides a full range of services throughout the life cycle of its clients’ projects. As one of the world’s largest engineering consultancy companies and with more than 150 years of experience, Tractebel is able to offer our customers multidisciplinary solutions in energy, water, nuclear and urban.