Our Team
The people behind the delivery.
GIWEH is led from Geneva and carried by a network of experts, coordinators and professionals across six regions. These are the people who turn strategy into results.
Leadership
Dr Nidal Salim
Founder & Director General
Dr Nidal Salim is the founder and Director General of GIWEH, a Steering Board member of the Swiss Water Partnership and a Board of Council member of the Asia Water Council.
Kareem Hassan
Chief of the Executive Office
Kareem Hassan heads GIWEH's Executive Office, overseeing the institute's day-to-day operations, staff, finances and delivery, and turning the Board's strategy into programmes and projects across the regions and the network.
Board of Governance
Didier Barthe
President, Steering Board
Adrien Oleszkiewicz
Secretary, Steering Board
Karima Quaisse Perini
Treasurer, Steering Board
Nino Abuladze
Executive Committee Member
Dr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye
Policy Specialist, Green Jobs — ILO
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Razzak
Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
Jeya Wilson
Consultant
Advisory Board
Dr. Dietrich Bartelt
Founder, DB Holistic Consulting
Dr. Morgane Anziani-Vente
Scientific Committee
Mohamed Alaoui
Senior Advisor
Dr. Khalid Qahman
Project Manager & Senior Advisor
Dr. Senthil Kumar
Research Department of Biotechnology
Dr. Tobias Schmitz
Senior Advisor — Water Resources Management
Dr. Sami Rtimi
Director of Innovation & Technology
Team & Members
Dr. Tobias Schmitz
Senior Advisor — Water Resources Management
Marguerite Lançon
Program Manager
Youness Chtaini
Scientific Officer / Hydrogeologist
Olivia Braud
Project Coordinator / Development Scientist
Benedetta Gambatesa
Water, Land & Ecosystems Researcher
Dr. Martin Bruza
Program Manager
Doaa Adel El-Shafey
Area Manager — Middle East
Asmita Baidya
Program Coordinator & Administrative Assistant
Moez Allaoui
Senior Expert — Water Governance
Katerina Polyakova
Program Officer
Loukas Garanis
Program Officer
Victoria Paget
Program Officer
Rémy Loneux
Marketing & Communications Officer
Rachel Huxhold
Water–Food–Energy Nexus Researcher
Dr. Sami Rtimi
Director of Innovation & Technology
Nynke Schaap
Water Governance Researcher
André van den Berge
Senior Manager for Partnerships
Jeya Wilson
Consultant
Johanne Ngouegne Okouma
Geoscience Engineer
Iskander Fattoum
Geoscience Engineer
Tariq Al-Ali
Senior Website Developer