Sanath Fernando is a civil engineer with 43 years of experience in urban, peri-urban, small towns and rural areas water supply and sanitation sectors and infrastructure development, including planning, design, sector studies, and construction supervision. His expertise is in institutional development, capacity building for sector institutions, and stakeholder management. He has worked as a consultant in Sri Lanka, India, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Cambodia, Fiji, Tuvalu and Kiribati. He holds a BSC in Engineering and an MSc in Structural Engineering & Construction Management.