Prof Jean-Marie Kileshye Onema is the Executive Manager and Head of the WaterNet Secretariat. He oversees the implementations of Capacity development activities across the16 SADC countries
(www.waternetonline.org). He is currently the Secretary General of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
(www.iah.info), Wallingford, UK. Prof Kileshye Onema holds an Extraordinary full Professorship position with the Unit ofEnvironmental Sciences and Management at the North West University, South Africa
(www.nwu.ac.za ). Similarly, He has a Professorship appointment with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Lubumbashi, DR Congo
(www.unilu.ac.cd ). Prof Kileshye Onema sits on the Board of the Princeton Climate Institute, New Jersey, (USA). Likewise, He sits on the Academic and Scientific Advisory Committee of the SASSCAL Graduate Programme at the Namibian University of Sciencesand Technology (NUST). Prof Kileshye Onema holds a PhD degree in water engineering from the School of Engineering and Built Environment of the University of Witwatersr and, South Africa. He went for a number of specialised trainings at the University of Nevada inReno, USA, the University of Osnabruck in Germany and IHE Delft in the Netherlands to name a few.
He is a well published author and has led several collaborative projects on various aspects of water resources management. He was involved in Transformative Futures for WaterSecurity, Valuing water and IAHS preparatory sessions for the UN water 2023 conference inNew York.