
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Program Director, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), Strategic Program Director (IWMI) – Water, Food and Ecosystems

Giriraj Amarnath
Research Group Leader – Water Risk to Development and Resilience and Principal Researcher – Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience

Gamini Halvitige
Head of Finance

Anne Heese
Head of Human Resources

Nirudha Perera
Head of Information and Communications Technologies

Nilantha Sangapalaarachchige
Head, Facilities and Administration
Headquarters – Sri Lanka
42 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Mark Smith | Director General |
Rachael McDonnell | Deputy Director General – Research for Development |
Simon Langan | Director of Digital Innovation and Country Manager, Sri Lanka |
Mohamed Aheeyar | Researcher |
Niranga Alahacoon | Researcher - Remote Sensing and Disaster Risks |
Upali Amarasinghe | Senior Researcher |
Giriraj Amarnath | Research Group Leader – Water Risk to Development and Resilience and Principal Researcher – Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience |
Indika Arulingam | Research Officer (Social Scientist) |
Marie-Charlotte Buisson | Research Group Leader - Economics and Impact Assessment (EcIA) |
Hauke Dahl | Integrated Expert on Sustainable Scaling |
Samitha Daranagama | Research Analyst – GIS-RS |
Chris Dickens | Principal Researcher |
Pay Drechsel | Senior Fellow/Advisor - Research Quality Assurance |
Nishadi Eriyagama | Regional Researcher - Water Resources Engineer |
Surajit Ghosh | Regional Researcher – Water Risk and Data Sciences Specialist |
Gamini Halvitige | Head of Finance |
Anne Heese | Head of Human Resources |
Bunyod Holmatov | Researcher - Data Analysis and Innovation in Water Management |
Ajantha Ihalawela | Senior Software Engineer |
Mahesh Jampani | Researcher - Water Quality Modelling - Antimicrobial |
Tamara Jayaratnam | Head of Program Management |
Nilanthi Jayathilake | Senior Research Officer - Septage Management and Reuse |
Deepa Joshi | Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead Specialist |
Mansoor Leh | Researcher - Spatial Hydrology |
Lisa Maria Rebelo | Principal Researcher (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development) |
Javier Mateo-Sagasta | Senior Researcher and Coordinator-Water Quality |
Karthikeyan Matheswaran | Researcher - Water Productivity |
Matthew McCartney | Research Group Leader - Sustainable Water Infrastructure & Ecosystems |
Munyaradzi Mutenje | Researcher Scaling Water Solutions |
Lal Muthuwatta | Senior Regional Researcher - Hydrological Modeling-Remote Sensing |
Syon Niyogi | Corporate Services Director |
Simon Parkinson | Researcher - Integrated Modeling and Assessment |
Nirudha Perera | Head of Information and Communications Technologies |
Vidhisha Samarasekara | Strategic Program Director – Water Climate Change and Resilience |
Nilantha Sangapalaarachchige | Head, Facilities and Administration |
Petra Schmitter | Principal Researcher – Agriculture Water Management |
Avinandan Taron | Researcher - Investment and Institutional Analyst for RRR Business Development |
Mark Thomson | Global Head of Business Development |
Stefan Uhlenbrook | Program Director, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), Strategic Program Director (IWMI) – Water, Food and Ecosystems |
Julie van der Bliek | Director, Partnership and Knowledge Management |
Naga Manohar Velpuri | Senior Researcher - Water Productivity-Spatial Hydrology |
Chaturangi Wickramaratne | Researcher - Freshwater Ecologist |
South Asia
Anand
2 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Neha Durga | Researcher - Water & Energy |
Shilp Verma | Senior Researcher – Water-Energy – Food Policies |
New Delhi
8 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Alok Sikka | Country Representative - India |
Faiz Alam | Researcher - Water Resources/Agricultural Water Management |
Smaranika Mahapatra | Research Officer - Water Resources Management |
Archisman Mitra | Researcher - Water Resource Economics |
Aditi Mukherji | Principal Researcher |
Suman Padhee | Researcher – Water Risk Modeler |
Tarul Sharma | Researcher – Climate Change and Water Risk Modeling |
Yashodha Yashoda | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Nepal
6 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Manohara Khadka | Country Representative – Nepal |
Santosh Nepal | Researcher - Water Resources and Climate Change |
Nirman Shrestha | Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management |
Shisher Shrestha | National Researcher - Renewable Energy Water & Climate Change |
Gitta Shrestha | National Researcher - Gender Social and Environmental Justice |
Labisha Uprety | Senior Research Officer – Policy and Water Governance |
Pakistan
14 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Mohsin Hafeez | Country Representative – Pakistan, Regional Representative – Central Asia |
Azeem Ali Shah | Researcher – Water Governance Institutions |
Arif Anwar | Principal Researcher - Irrigation |
Khadija Begum | Gender and Youth Specialist |
Tousif Bhatti | Researcher-Water Management |
Sumble Ghani | Remote Sensing & GIS Officer |
Hammad Gilani | Researcher - Remote Sensing and GIS |
Kashif Hussain | Senior Field Officer - Agriculture Water |
Shahid Iqbal | Regional Researcher - Water Modelling |
Sidra Khalid | Senior Research Officer - Gender and Social Inclusion |
Usman Khalid Awan | Water Resources Specialists |
Umar Liaqat | Researcher - Irrigation |
Sarfraz Munir | Regional Researcher - Water Management |
Muhammad Zain Akbar | Research Officer – Policy and Water Governance |
Southeast Asia
Laos
2 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Mark Dubois | IWMI Representative and CGIAR Water Systems Lead – Laos |
Paul Pavelic | Senior Researcher |
Myanmar
3 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Sanjiv de Silva | Senior Regional Researcher - Natural Resources Governance |
Phay Ko U | Project Coordinator |
Palal Moet | Research Officer |
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
4 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Oyture Anarbekov | Country Manager/Researcher |
Kakhramon Djumaboev | Researcher – Water Management |
Zafar Gafurov | Researcher - Remote Sensing-GIS |
Saida Usmonova | Research Officer - Small-scale Hydropower Energy Specialist |
West Africa – Accra – Ghana
19 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Olufunke Cofie | Country Representative – Ghana, Regional Representative – West Africa |
Komlavi Akpoti | Post-Doctoral Fellow-Spatial Hydrology |
Sena Amewu | Senior Research Officer |
Seth Asante | Senior Research Officer - IFPRI |
Moctar Dembele | Post-Doctoral Fellow - Spatial Hydrology |
Solomie Gebrezgabher | Senior Researcher - Economics |
Sandra Hyde | Research Officer - Water Productivity |
Doreen Kufoalor | Research Officer - IFPRI |
Everisto Mapedza | Senior Researcher - Social and Institutional Scientist |
Charles Mensah | Research Officer – Livestock Policy and Foresight |
Issah Mohammed | Senior Research Officer - Monitoring and Evaluation |
Eric Nartey | Research Officer - Recycling and reuse |
Josiane Nikiema | Research Group Leader - Circular Economy and Water Pollution |
Abena Ofosu | Senior Research Officer -Innovation Scaling |
Charity Osei-Amponsah | Regional Researcher - Social Transformation |
William Quarmine | Regional Researcher - Development Economist |
Thai Thi Minh | Senior Researcher - Innovation Scaling |
Abdul-Lateef Yakubu | Research Officer - Agronomist |
Sander Zwart | Senior Researcher - Water and Climate Change Management |
East Africa – Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
14 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Abdulkarim Seid | Country Representative – Ethiopia, Regional Representative – East Africa |
Wolde Bori | Senior Researcher – Environment and Development |
Mengistu Debela | Research Management Coordinator |
Girma Ebrahim | Senior Regional Researcher - Hydrogeology and Water |
Fitsum Hagos | Social Science - Economist |
Amare Haileslassie | Principal Researcher |
Dagmawi Melaku | Research Officer II – Agricultural Innovation Systems |
Munyaradzi Mutenje | Researcher Scaling Water Solutions |
Alan Nicol | Strategic Program Director – Water, Growth and Inclusion |
Winnie Pele | Research Officer – Innovation Scaling (AICCRA Project) |
Alemseged Tamiru Haile | Senior Researcher - Hydrology/Hydrological Modeling |
Meron Teferi Taye | Researcher - Transitioning Landscapes |
Desalegn Tegegne | Research Officer II |
Likimyelesh Woldegiorgis | Research Officer |
Southern Africa – Pretoria – South Africa
14 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Inga Jacobs-Mata | Country Representative – South Africa, Regional Representative – Southern Africa |
Bhekiwe Fakudze | Research Officer - Agricultural Economics |
Sherwin Gabriel | Scientist II |
Jacob Greffiths | Research Officer – Agricultural Economics |
Faaiqa Hartley | Scientist II |
Loreen Katiyo | GWPSA-Africa Transboundary Water Governance and Environmental Specialist |
Shamiso Kumbirai | SDG Water Investments Specialist (GWPSA) |
Jonathan Lautze | Research Group Leader: Integrated Management of Basins and Aquifers |
Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi | Research Group Leader - Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems (SuRF) |
Manuel Magombeyi | Regional Researcher |
Greenwell Matchaya | Senior International Researcher - Economics/ReSAKSS Coordinator |
Patience Mukuyu | Researcher - Transboundary Water Management |
Ngowenani Nohayi | Research Officer - Policy and Water Governance |
René Schieritz | GWPSA Programme Specialist - Water and Climate Resilience |
Middle East and North Africa – Cairo – Egypt
6 staff member(s)
Full Name | Designation |
Maha Al-Zu’bi | Researcher - Agriculture Water Solutions |
Youssef Brouziyne | IWMI Representative and CGIAR Water Systems Lead - MENA |
Sarah Dekhel | Research Officer - Water Productivity |
Ireny Khella | Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Sustainable Agriculture |
Nisreen Lahham | Regional Project Manager |
Sandra Ruckstuhl | Special Advisor to the Director General and Senior Researcher |
Full Name | Designation |
Priyanie Amerasinghe | Emeritus Scientist |
Chu Thai Hoanh | Emeritus Scientist |
Palanisami Kuppannan | Emeritus Scientist |
Herath Manthrithilake | Emeritus Scientist |
Madar Samad | Emeritus Scientist |
Tushaar Shah | Emeritus Scientist |
Bharat Sharma | Emeritus Scientist |
Barbara van Koppen | Emeritus Scientist |