OTS - WSSCC Names New Executive Director
2020. May 25. 08:00
Geneva, 25 May, 2020 (APA/OTS) - The Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and UNOPS announce the appointment of
Mr Dominic O'Neill as the new Executive Director of WSSCC. Mr
O'Neill brings to the position a wealth of knowledge and an array
of experiences in the development industry on a national and global
level. He will commence this new assignment in September 2020.
Mr O'Neill currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for the
World Wildlife Fund International. He is also a non-executive
Director on the Board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
(GAIN). Additionally, he has assumed the position of the United
Kingdom's Executive Director on the Board of the African
Development Bank, where he chaired the committee on human
resources, information technology and administration.
"WSSCC is at a critical point in its 30-year history as it
evolves into the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund by 2021. Mr Dominic
O'Neill's understanding of both public health and environmental
issues as well as his political acumen makes him the ideal
candidate to lead the organization through this transformation,"
said Ms Hind Othman-Khatib, Executive Chair of WSSCC.
The Steering Committee of WSSCC recently approved the new
2021-2025 strategy, under which the organization is evolving into a
global financing mechanism, the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, whose
mission is to address the void in the global response to the
sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health crisis. The new Fund will
formally begin operations on 1 January 2021.
Mr O'Neill joined the World Wildlife Fund in 2017, after 15
years with the Department for International Development (DFID), the
UK government's foreign aid agency, most recently as head of the
United Nations and Commonwealth Department overseeing the UK's
funding to various UN agencies. Prior to this, Mr O'Neill worked
for DFID in Yemen, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Nepal and as an
Environmental Health Policy advisor. Prior experience also includes
serving as a District Environmental Officer for the Namibian
Ministry of Health and as a Country Director for Raleigh
International.
"I am very honoured to join WSSCC at this transformational
moment," Mr O'Neill said. "Sanitation and hygiene are key to so
many things, including public health, environmental protection, and
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is time to scale up
solutions, based on a multi-stakeholder approach, and ensure
sanitation and hygiene for all."
Born in the UK, Mr O'Neill has qualifications in environmental
health and water.
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About WSSCC
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a
UNOPS-hosted membership organization with 30 years of expertise
working to improve sanitation and hygiene for those most left
behind and least able to respond. WSSCC has been focusing on SDG
6.2 (sanitation, hygiene and menstrual health). Learn more on our
website and connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.
Press contact
Hiroyuki Saito, Head of Corporate Communications and Advocacy
Tel: +41 22 552 5212; Mobile: +41 79 684 3598; Email:
hiroyuki.saito@wsscc.org
Available for interviews
o Hind Khatib-Othman, Executive Chair of WSSCC
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