Advisory board

Vice President and Co-Founder, Bluefield Research

Keith is a seasoned market insight professional with over 20 years’ experience as a management consultant and industry analyst in the energy, water, and telecoms sectors. At Bluefield he leads the Global Municipal Insight Service and consulting practice that advises water sector strategies for infrastructure and services globally, with an emphasis on Public-Private Partnership models and Smart Water. Mr. Hays holds a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from IESE Business School. He is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Water Security and Resilience Program Coordinator, World Bank, Mexico

She holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City and a Master's Degree in International Law and International Relations from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. With more than 15 years of experience in water issues, Verónica served as Technical Secretary of the Special Commission for Integral Water Management in the IV Legislature of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, period in which she also served as General Coordinator of the Mexican Alliance for a New Water Culture. From February 2008 to March 2014, she held the position of Project Coordinator of the Water Advisory Council, an organization dedicated to promoting the sustainable use of water in Mexico. She later served as Executive Director of this same organization.

Assistant manager of management and evaluation of projects with external loans, CONAGUA  

B.A. in International Relations with a specialization in official development assistance and a Master's degree in public policy and gender from FLACSO. Her professional activity has focused on international financing issues, mainly from international financial organizations in Nacional Financiera, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the Tax Administration Service and the National Water Commission.

General Director, IMTA

Civil Engineer with a Master's degree in Hydraulic Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom, he is also a researcher at UNAM's Institute of Engineering. His scientific work contains more than 100 publications and 45 articles in international indexed journals, with more than 600 citations. From 2012 to January 2019, he worked as Hydraulics Coordinator at UNAM's Institute of Engineering. He is the creator of the Real-time Hydrological Observatory and of the Multivariate Drought Monitor of Mexico, Mexican new tools for monitoring the hydrological cycle. He is a CONACYT Level-2 National Researcher and consultant to the World Bank for water, climate-change, and risk-related issues. He is a member of several international associations, such as the Hydro-environmental Research and Engineering Association, the Hydrological Sciences Association, the American Geophysics Association, and the European Geosciences Association. He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Technology and Water Sciences Journal of the Mexican Institute of Water Technology and is the only Mexican Scientific Editor of the Ibero-American Journal of Water, published by Elsevier.

General Director, ANEAS

He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the UAN, a Master's Degree in Business from UdeG, and a Diploma in Management of Operating Organizations from the UNAM. He has held several positions among them: Head of the Planning Department in Potable Water Systems and Sewerage of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco (SEPAL Vallarta); Economic Analyst, Planning, Programming and Budget Committee, Chamber of Deputies; Director of Economic Promotion, H. City Hall of Puerto Vallarta, Jal .; Undergraduate and postgraduate university professor in subjects related to economic science. He won the National Prize for Innovation Processes in Drinking Water and Sanitation Services (PISAPyS) 2013.

Consultant / Professor, UNAM

He is currently a Consultant, Professor of the Master in Hydraulics at UNAM and President of the Advisory Board of the Mexican Hydraulic Association in the Morelos Regional Section. He graduated with honors as a Master in Engineering from UNAM and previously as an Industrial Engineer from the Autonomous University of Morelos. He has more than 27 years of experience in the water sector. Among his positions are: General Director of ANEAS; Executive Secretary of the State Water Commission, in the Government of the state of Morelos; In CONAGUA he served as: General Director of Balsas Basin Organizations; National Manager of Hydraulic Planning and Regional Manager of Programming.