Management Team
The Management Team meets monthly to provide information and guidance to the Director General on essential management issues, including upcoming strategic decisions.
The team is comprised of the Director General, the Deputy Director General, the Chief Operating Officer, Directors, the Senior Fellow–Advisor Research Quality Assurance, and two Country Representatives (in Africa and Asia) who serve on a six-month rotational basis.
Deputy Director General – Research for Development
Senior Fellow-Advisor – Research Quality Assurance (Interim Country Manager – Sri Lanka)
Country Representative & CGIAR Water Systems Lead – Laos; Regional Representative South East Asia
Director of Water, Food and Ecosystems
Director of Water, Growth and Inclusion
Director – Water Data Science
Global Communications Lead for Water Systems
Country Representative – South Africa
Strategic Program Director – Water Climate Change and Resilience
Director – Business Strategy and Delivery
Extended Leadership Team
The Extended Leadership Team meets bi-annually to enhance strategic planning and governance within IWMI. These meetings focus on people and culture, change management, risk management, and performance monitoring to achieve organizational goals and ensure effective, inclusive leadership.
In addition to the Management Team, the Extended Leadership Team includes Country Representatives and Country Managers, Research Group Leaders, Senior Managers, and other department heads.
Research Group Leader – Integrated Circular Economy Transformations (ICET)
Regional Representative & CGIAR Water System Lead in MENA region
Research Group Leader – Economics and Impact Assessment (EcIA)
Country Representative – Ghana, Regional Representative – West Africa
Researcher – Remote Sensing-GIS
Research Group Leader – Water Futures Data & Analytics (WFDA)
Research Group Leader – Water, Food, Energy Nexus (WFEN)
Senior Manager – Resource Mobilization and Partnerships
Research Group Leader – Integrated Management of Basins and Aquifers
Research Group Leader – Sustainable Water Infrastructure and Ecosystems
Research Group Leader – Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)
Head of Information and Communications Technologies
Research Group Leader – Climate Policies, Finance and Processes (CPFP)
Research Group Leader – Water Governance and Political Economy (WGPE)
Head – Facilities and Administration
Research Group Leader – Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Pathways
Country Representative – India
Research Group Leader – Water Data Science for Action (WDSA)
Head of Program Management