Mr. James Sauramba is the Executive Director of the SADC-GMI, the project implementation unit of the World Bank funded project, Sustainable Groundwater Management in the SADC Member States. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration. Sauramba has hands-on experience with diversity and project management in the public and private sector and has worked in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zimbabwe for 27 out of his 29 years of experience, which includes more than 20 years in the water sector. He has also served with several International Cooperating Partners (ICPs) in the SADC region, including a role as an institutional analysis and capacity development specialist with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).