David Jezeph has over 35 years of international experience in the fields of water resources planning, management and project implementation. Until 2006 he was Chief of Water Resources at the UN Regional Commission in Bangkok, where he was responsible for developing and managing its water programmes covering 63 member countries in Asia and the Pacific. He was also elected as Vice-Chair of UN-Water, which coordinated delivery of the UN global water programmes. He has also worked as National Policy Adviser with FAO In Indonesia. Previous to this he has been Regional Manager for two British engineering consultancy firms in Bangkok, preparing feasibility studies and project implementation over the past 28 years.