Our People

Meet the passionate individuals working tirelessly to bring water resilience to 1 billion people.

Verena Sturm

Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Co-Chair

Guiding the platform's capital formation, strategic partnerships, and policy engagement. Also Founding Partner of Green...

Christoph Schwager

Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Co-Chair

Strategic leader with deep expertise in operational, financial, and technological domains, shaped by an extensive...

Cristophe C. Meeus

Trustee

Managing Director, CFO, General Counsel, and Board Member with international executive experience. Specializes in providing...

Sarah Beth Brockley

Director of Strategy, Partnerships, ESG, Impact

Sarah Beth Brockley Advising, Rising and Investing in things that matter.

Felix Famira

Co-Founder & Director of Operations

Mechanical engineer specializing in sustainable water infrastructure design and implementation.

Michael P. Staton

Founding Advisor, Trustee of Fund of Funds and Venture Capital strategies.

Advising the Fund of Funds portion of The Water Foundations integrated Blended Finance Strategy. Maintaing...

David Schwager

Founding Partner & Director Technologies

Tech innovator specializing in water purification systems. Leads our R&D team in developing cutting-edge solutions...

Rahman Wynberg

Co-Founder & VP Technologies

A serial entrepreneur, Rahman has founded multiple companies and co-founded the think tank beyondRM.org. With...

Corinna Schwager

Co-Director of Philanthropies

Corinna Schwager is a Co-Director of Philanthropies at The Water Foundation. She is responsible for...

Lisa Niedenfuehr

Director PR & Co-Director of Philanthropies

Building strong relationships with communities and partners to maximize our impact.

Divyakshi Nath

Impact Operations

Helping build The Water Fund, Divyaksshi is an Analyst in the Water Strategy, Tech and...

The Beginning

A group of systems thinkers met at COP29, united by a shared vision to address the global water crisis through innovation and collaboration.

Our Mission

We committed to advancing SDG 6 and improving the lives of 1 billion people through resilient, equitable access to clean water.

World-Class Talent Around the World

Established teams in Dubai, Delhi, Vaduz, and Munich to create a truly global impact network for water innovation.

Unsiloed Finance

Launched our three-pillar strategy: Venture Building, VC Fund, and PE Fund to address water challenges at every stage.

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