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GCWDA Board 

Chair 

 

Masdar, UAE

Dr. Alexander Ritshel

Vice-Chair 

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Clean Energy Business Council, MENA

Dr. Raed Bkayrat

Treasurer 

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Terawatt Initiative, France

Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba

Member of the  Board 

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy, USA

Dr. Adam Warren 

Member of the Board 

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Ministry of Energy and Industry, UAE

Eng. Fatima Alfoora

Member of the Board 

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BMCE Bank of Africa, Morocco

Dr. Amal Benaissa 

Member of the Board 

 

ACWA POWER, Saudi Arabia

Paddy Padmanathan 

Member of the Board 

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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Spain

Angel Cajigas Delgado

Member of the Board 

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Qatar's Foundation Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar

Dr. Adel Sharif

Member of the Board

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The Renewables 100 Policy Institute, USA 

Angelina Galiteva 

Member of the Board

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Columbia University, USA

Dr. Vasilis Fthenakis

Member of the Board 

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Isle Utilities, United Kingdom

Dr. Piers Clark

Member of the Board 

(In her personal capacity)

Martine Kubler-Mamlouk

Member of the Board

 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

Dr. John Lienhard 

Member of the Board 

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Suez Treatment Infrastructure, France

Miguel  Angel Sanz

Member of the Board

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International Desalination Consulting, USA

Leon Awerbuch

Member of the Board 

 

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), UAE

Nasser Lootah

Member of the Board

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Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB)Singapore

Maurice Neor

Member of the Board 

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Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN)

Hicham Bouzekri

Member of the Board

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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Dr. In S. Kim 

Executive Secretariat 

Executive Director

Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance

Fatma Ben Fadhl
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