Sanjay Wijesekera

Biography

Mr. Sanjay Wijesekera is Associate Director of Programmes in UNICEF and head of the organization’s global programmes for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Before joining UNICEF in 2011, he worked for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), where he was responsible for managing overall policy and global programmes related to achieving the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals.  Mr. Wijesekera is a national of Sri Lanka. He is a Chartered civil engineer, and holds a Master’s degree in Water and Environmental Management from the University of Loughborough, UK.