Antonella was born and raised in Argentina. She has been implementing youth empowerment and water projects since she was 15 years old. She has a degree in Local and Regional Development and a Master of Integrated Water Management from the university of Queensland.

Miles holds an MSc in the Science and Governance of Water from King’s College London, where his research focused on community-based water resource management. He is the Water Security Editor at the Global Water Forum and has previously worked for consultancies and NGOs in international development, hydropower and water management.

Anna has a Public administration degree, a Business Management master as well as a Territorial Development and Change Management diploma oriented towards diagnosis, operational monitoring, evaluation and systematization of development projects. She has worked previously in NGOs, in the European commission and ONU agencies in project management, communication and programme performance evaluation and reporting.

Juliette holds a MSc in Management from ESSEC Business School where she specialised in entrepreneurship. Head of an NGO promoting female social entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle-East since 2017, she has several years of experience in NGO programme design and management. She has worked as an independent consultant for various NGOs and foundations in the field of social entrepreneurship.

Francis holds a degree in International Trade and Supply Chain Management and defines himself as an actor for local development, specialising in social entrepreneurship. He has worked for numerous youth associations and is now a Project Manager at Incub'Ivoir, an incubator based in Abidjan, and coordinator of the YWF Côte d'Ivoire.

With an MBA in Management from the Hokkaido University in Japan, Marie Ange is passionate about entrepreneurship and creating social impact businesses. She works with WASH entrepreneurs in her role at Concree, a Senegalese incubator supporting entrepreneurs to grow their businesses from ideas to scalable business model. Marie Ange is the coordinator of the first edition of YWF Senegal.

Adriana is a recent master graduate in Languages for international communication. Following her academic experience and working background in communication, her aspiration is to use her skills to spread awareness on the themes that are important for society and development.