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.

A Rwandan and Ugandan native, Sheila holds an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the Uganda Pentecostal University. She is the founder of the NGO Turi Kumwe, and has previously worked on policy analysis and process mapping to ensure more efficient gender mainstreaming. She has built her career in a variety of roles, ranging from WASH to international education, rule of law program design, and rural public health.

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.