guillermo saavedra, senior consultant at Independent Professional

guillermo saavedra, senior consultant at Independent Professional

Summary

President, Federación Nacional de Cooperativas de Servicios Sanitarios Chile Ltda., FESAN, non-profit institution founded in 2008 to integrate rural water and sanitation services operators in Chile, with the main objective of improving its community, administrative and operational management in a sustainable way.

•  Member of GWP Chile Steering Committee 2015 – Present

• Member of GWOPA UN-HABITAT Steering Committee 2015-2019

• From prospecting and experiences of these situations, field work and international work experience from Canada to Chile, I have had the chance to meet and get visions of the whole as well as of public policies of various countries.

• Advisor to rural and periurban water and sanitation operators , with field experience in proactive management, program development and institutional strengthening activities, mainly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contact info

Location: Santiago, Chile

Industry Experience

Education: Bachelor

Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work Experience

senior consultant

Independent Professional

Concrete solutions provider for the poorest in water and sanitation services, with field experience in proactive management, program development and institutional strengthening activities through cooperatives and community organizations in water and sanitation.

Senior Consultant

Independent Consultant

Advisor to small rural operators in water and sanitation, with field experience in proactive management and program development and institutional strengthening activities

President

FESAN Ltda.

improvie Community W&S services administrative and operational management in a sustainable way, and diffusion of green technologies in wastewater treatment.

General Manager

Coopagua Santo Domingo

Oversaw and managed administrative, operational and commercial development strategy 

Executed a sanitation plan for  4.000 families from 2000 to 2011.

Coopagua is in first place in service quality indicators, ranked by the SISS for 10 consecutive years.

Industry Expertise

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Engineering
  • Executive
  • Project Manager
  • Finance
  • Public Private Partnerships in Water
  • Association
  • Green Technology
  • Non Profit