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Neil Jeffery

Chief Executive OfficerWater and Sanitation for the Urban Poor

Biography

Neil has been Chief Executive of Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) since early 2014. He has over two decade’s experience of successfully leading and growing organizations, social enterprises and innovative partnerships, in both Europe, North America and globally. He previously led social enterprises delivering services to base of the pyramid consumers in the energy and agricultural sectors and headed a policy institute in Washington DC working to enhance the impact of US policy in the Andean Region.

He holds an MBA with distinction from Cass Business School, an MA from the University of Cambridge and was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has published with Cranfield University and the US Institute for Peace.

Regional Focus

Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa

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