Dr. Amgad Elmahdi is the Director of MENA Region, IWMI. He is a Senior Regional Water Analyst, Solutions and Water Accounting Specialist. He has over 25 years of working experience in the fields of in Hydrology, Water Resources Assessment, Water Accounting, Water Governance, Water Information Management, Digital Technologies for Water Management, Water Policy and Planning, NEXUS Assessment and Management, in operational, research, and academic settings. Before joining IWMI, He was the Head of Water Resources Section and Chief Supervising Hydrologist at the Bureau of Meteorology-Australia. His experiences involved providing evidence-based science and low-cost solutions to sustainably manage water and land resources for water and food security, people’s livelihoods and the environment.

He is also a recognized International Water and Natural Resources Management Expert and the Australian representative for several international agencies- such as ICID- International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. He is the chair of the IWRA-Water Security Bureau (International Water Resources Association) and he has received several awards nationally and internationally for his Science Impact for Landscape Water modelling in Australia and Strategic Excellence Award for Partnership and Watsaving award-ICID.