Mr. Barry M. Jackson, a British national with extensive experience in sanitation and in pro-poor financing for development, was announced as the first Programme Manager of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council’s (WSSCC) new financing mechanism, the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF). Mr. Jackson will join WSSCC in September 2008 after 19 years at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). At DBSA, he served in several capacities, most recently as a senior policy analyst specialising in water supply and sanitation policy, municipal infrastructure finance and institutional development.

Source: WSSCC, 13 Aug 2008

Tags: financing, sanitation