Conference Chairperson
Johan Gély is head of the Swiss Agency for Development Coordination Water Division (Global Program Water). Positioning water prominently in national, regional and global fora has been the key focus of his career. Mr Gély has advised multi-stakeholder platforms, governments, civil society organizations and the private sector in transitional economies, fragile states and emerging market economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America. In Switzerland, he has served at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.