Francis Ghesquiere is Practice Manager for the Water Sector in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region of the World Bank. In this position he oversees a $5.2 billion portfolio of activities ranging from Water Resources Management and Water in Agriculture to Water Supply and Sanitation. Mr. Ghesquiere has expensive previous experience in Disaster Risk Management. From 2012 to 2018, he was head of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, which under his leadership was instrumental in rapidly expanding the resilience agenda at the World Bank. He holds degrees from the Harvard School of Government and the University of Louvain.