Saroj Kumar Jha

Global Director for Water

Saroj Kumar Jha is the World Bank Group's global director for the water practice. He leads the practice's senior management team, which sets its policy direction and oversees a portfolio of 27 billion dollars in water-related investments, analytical work, multi-donor trust funds and global partnerships. He argues that solving the water crisis is central to humanity's future on a liveable planet and requires collective action to establish water security as a pillar of national climate and development plans. Before this appointment he was the Bank's regional director for the Middle East based in Beirut, senior director for the fragility, conflict and violence practice, regional director for Central Asia based in Almaty, and global manager for disaster risk management.