The Global Water Leaders Group is proud to host its major annual meeting alongside the Global Water Summit.
The Global Water Leaders Group exists to make the world of water work better. It achieves this by tapping into the expertise of water leaders from across the world to share their ideas and experience, and to help them make the case for water.
The Group has two main initiatives:
- The 300 Water Leaders Initiative aims to convene 300 of the developing world’s most ambitious utility leaders who can together ensure that 300 million more people have access to water and sanitation services by 2030. It is an official pledge to the UN Water Action Agenda.
- Leading Utilities of the World is a network of the developed world’s most forward-thinking water and wastewater utilities, as defined by the network’s 14 distinct innovation areas. Its members represent the gold standard of utility innovation and performance throughout the developed world’s water sector.
Members of the Water Leaders Group initiatives (utility CEOs) meet at the Global Water Summit because it is widely regarded as the world’s foremost conference in the water sector, not only attracting key influential stakeholders, but also facilitating vital partnerships across the sector. Each network will host members-only workshops as well as open sessions tackling the most pressing problems facing urban utilities. The Group will also host an exclusive, invitation-only dinner for its members and partners.
Participants at the Global Water Summit in London in 2024 included thought-leading and performance-driving CEOs such as:
- Kishia Powell, CEO of WSSC Water
- Rohit Aggarwala, Commissioner of New York City DEP
- Jorge Fernando Gómez Reategui, CEO of SEDAPAL
- Andre Salcedo, CEO of Sabesp
- Per Holm, CEO of BlueKolding
- Ruben Fernandes, Executive Board Member at Aguas do Porto
- Alex Plant, CEO of Scottish Water
- Narendran Maniam, CEO of IWK
- Syed Salahuddin Ahmed, Managing Director, Karachi Water & Sewerage Board
- Shaun Cumming, Managing Director of Barwon Water
If you are interested in joining the 300 Water Leaders, please contact Programme Manager Maisie Hockin-Boyer. For enquiries about joining Leading Utilities, please contact Programme Manager Sam Dennis.
