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WaterAid appoints first Resilient Water Accelerator CEO

Kate Hughes has been appointed as WaterAid’s first Resilient Water Accelerator CEO.

She starts this week and will lead on further strengthening the charity’s relationships with governments and the private sector to facilitate sustainable water projects at scale.

She joins WaterAid from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy where she was Director for International Climate Finance and Strategy. She led teams working on the long-term global transition to net zero, including for COP26, supporting clean energy transitions, scaling up climate finance, creating sustainable supply chains, and delivering on global climate ambition through the G7, G20 and UNFCCC.

She has been Chair of the Climate Investment Funds committees, the Green Climate Fund's Investment Committee, and the Board of UK Climate Investments. 

Resilient Water Accelerator

The Resilient Water Accelerator aims to boost available finance for climate-resilient water programmes by designing low risk, scalable programmes for the private sector to invest in.

It aims to reach at least 50 million people in water-stressed areas with reliable and sustainable water sources by 2030, with the first projects launching in Nigeria and Bangladesh.

It was set up under The Sustainable Markets Initiative founded by HM The King Charles III in his former role as HRH The Prince of Wales. The coalition is backed by partners including the Bank of America, African Development Bank, Arup and the UK and Dutch Governments.

Kate Hughes said:

“Investing in sustainable water systems is crucial for global health, for food security, for nature and for growth. The Accelerator will drive public and private investment to unlock investable opportunities and support millions of people with one of the biggest climate impacts – the access to clean, safe water.”

Sol Oyuela, WaterAid’s Global Director of Policy and Campaigns, added: 

“The Accelerator is now at a stage of kicking off the design of our pilot programmes in Nigeria and Bangladesh, and with Kate Hughes at the helm we can use our work to build a shared vision for water security with governments, communities, water partners and the private sector, to reach millions of people and unlock billions in funding.”

Watch: Resilient Water Accelerator

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