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Board and Governance
BPD Water and Sanitation is a not-for-profit, independent non-governmental organisation (NGO), governed by a highly experienced international Board of Directors from across the public, private and civil society sectors in water and sanitation. The organisation currently has a small team of six full-time and one part-time members of staff and is hosted by WaterAid in London. BPD receives its funding from governments, multilateral agencies and other grants and contracts and is a registered UK Charity (#1107781) and Company Limited by Guarantee. For more information, read our Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11.
Neil Macleod
Neil Macleod is Head of Water and Sanitation, Durban Municipality, responsible for the provision of water and sanitation services to 3.7 million people, where approximately 35% of the population earn less than $2 a day. He is also a Director of Johannesburg Water Pty (Ltd), a municipal-owned private company responsible for water and sanitation services in Johannesburg. He has presented numerous papers at international conferences on the provision of water and sanitation services to rural and urban poor communities, based on his experiences in Durban and developing countries. Neil has served on the Board of BPD Water and Sanitation since its formation, and is currently Chair. He has been directly involved in a number of multi-sector partnerships in South Africa and brings a wealth of skills and experience to BPD. Maria-Angelica Alegria Calvo
Maria Alegria is a governmental officer and expert in water resource management and the provision of water and sanitation services in poor communities in developing countries, particularly in Latin America. She is especially skilled in promoting effective multi-sector dialogue between stakeholders engaged in the water and sanitation sectors who are seeking proper institutional structures, laws, regulation and governance, to meet the needs of poor communities for water supply, sanitation and wastewater treatment. She was one of the finalists of the Kyoto Prize in the 4th World Water Forum, for the local action "Gender Perspectives in Rural Drinking Water Systems in Chile". Manuel Alvarinho
As a regulator, Manuel Alvarinho brings added value to BPD’s multi-stakeholder dialogue, being responsible for consumer protection but also for promoting a balance of interests, thereby mitigating socio-political risks (for the government and also for providers – either public or private – ensuring they can operate free from excessive political interference). Abdoul Niang
Abdoul Niang is an expert in water infrastructure, private and public partnerships and regulation, focusing on access for the poorest populations. He has played a key role in water sector development in Senegal, including reinforcement of pro-poor policy. As Strategy and Planning Manager of the Senegalese National Water Company (SONES), he actively participated in the re-negotiation of the Leasing contract (Affermage) with the private operator of public water supply in urban areas (SDE). He also was involved in the Government’s Millennium Potable Water and Sanitation Program (PEPAM) to meet water MDGs. He is currently SONES’ Director of Works. Gustavo Heredia
Gustavo Heredia is Executive President at AGUATUYA, an organisation dedicated to promoting innovative water and sanitation initiatives in Bolivia. AGUATUYA works in partnership with municipalities, community-based organisations (CBOs) and the private sector to promote and develop water and sanitation services to low-income peri-urban populations. The partnership “Agua para todos” (Water for All) led by AGUATUYA was recognised by a SEED Award in 2005. As a partnership practitioner, Gustavo believes that the water and sanitation challenge for the poor is so complex that it can only be tackled through multi-sector partnerships that involve local governments, the private sector and the users. Laila Morsli
Laila Morsli currently works for Veolia Water in the Corporate Social Responsibility Department, where she aims to develop a broader vision and strategy for social and societal issues within the Company. Driven by a passion for equity and for the application of sound water policies, Laila previously worked with the French Water Society and the World Water Council, where she was mostly working on parliamentary issues. She holds a Master Degree in International Law. Thomas van Waeyenberge
Thomas van Waeyenberge has significant experience representing the private sector at the international level. After starting out as Institutional and NGO relations Manager with Suez, he contributed to the foundation of AquaFed in 2004 and now heads the Brussels office. AquaFed was created to establish a link between private operators and other stakeholders in the water community, aligning perfectly with BPD’s core mission. The Federation brings together water and sanitation service operators of all sizes from more than 40 countries (and more than 250 operating companies), drawing on a wide range of practical experience from its members. Thomas has spent time assessing private water and sanitation service delivery in numerous developing countries and has intimate knowledge of how to make partnerships with the private sector work. He is deeply concerned about turning the human right to water and sanitation into a reality for all and a firm believer in multi-stakeholder action. Allan Cain
Allan Cain is a specialist in project planning, microfinance, urban development, low-cost housing and settlement upgrading. During his thirty years’ experience in developing countries, he has carried out projects for community construction, school planning, and popular participation programmes. Allan has also developed programmes in community-based development involving participation of local residents and the strengthening of civil society institutions. Allan is the Director of Development Workshop (DW), a non-profit organisation working in the field of human settlements development, planning and building. DW collaborates with international organisations, NGOs and governments on the design and implementation of projects and the training of local personnel. Peter Lochery
As Director of the Water Team at CARE (an international NGO), Peter Lochery has responsibility for strategy, learning and advocacy in the water sector. He is also a board member of two small US non-profits: Water Advocates and the Millennium Water Alliance. Before joining CARE, Peter worked for the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program, and prior to that in the private sector. He is passionate about partnerships in the water sector, asserting that “without them we will not reach the billions of poor people who currently lack services. At CARE, we have focused on creating and sustaining partnerships as a way of delivering services, giving poor people a voice, and advocacy that in the USA supported the passage of the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act”. Peter has been Vice Chair of BPD since its inception. Lajana Manandhar
Lajana Manandhar has been engaged in the WASH sector in various capacities since 1993: delivering services to communities, especially in urban slums; influencing pro-poor policy formulation in the Kathmandu water sector reform process; representing the voices of civil society organisations (CSOs) with the Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Management Board; and advocating for WASH rights of poor and marginalised people at the local, national, regional and global level. Lajana founded and currently works for Lumanti, an NGO dedicated to the alleviation of urban poverty in Nepal through the improvement of shelter conditions. Darren Saywell
Since 1993, Darren Saywell has worked in various capacities on sanitation, hygiene, participatory assessments, and cross-cutting themes of communication, dissemination and advocacy, respectively for the Water, Engineering & Development Centre, WSSCC and the International Water Association (IWA). He is now WASH/CLTS Director at Plan International USA. Darren brings solid practical experience of facilitating networks and the processes behind partnership triggering, and a broad understanding of institutional issues in different organisational settings (e.g. research, policy and international organisation). He also provides an international overview of sector developments; expertise regarding sanitation issues; a bridge across some of the core constituencies in the sector (science/research, utilities, & industry) and an understanding of the research-practice-advocacy continuum. |
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Annual Report
2010-11
Find out more about what we do, recent activities, governance and funding information in our latest Annual Report and Accounts. Business Plan 2007-12
BPD's 2007-12 business plan maps out how it will meet demand, while maintaining the intimate and progressive spirit of the organisation.
Read the 5-page Executive Summary (275 KB)
Contact BPD for the full version. DFID-Commissioned Review of BPD
According to an external organisational review, BPD is “doing the right things” and “doing them well”. Read the review (0.1MB pdf) |