Mr. Ravi Narayanan

Ravi Narayanan, with degrees in Physics and Engineering from Delhi and Cambridge Universities, has had twenty years experience in the corporate sector in engineering and technology companies in India and the UK and later twenty years in the not for profit sector working for international development organizations. He worked in various capacities as India Director, Director of International Operations and Asia Director for ActionAid and then as Chief Executive of WaterAid, an international non governmental organization specializing in international water and sanitation programs in Africa and Asia. Currently Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Water Forum, he has been a member of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure (the Camdessus Panel) and the UN Millennium Task Force on Water and Sanitation. He is a life member of Norwegian Water Academy and an Associate of the National Institute of Advanced Studies in India. Ravi has been a Board member (and Chairman during its early years) since the inception of Partners in Change which he helped set up during his term with ActionAid.