David Smith Ph. D.

Director at Water, Environment and Business for Development (WE & B)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Catalonia, Spain, ES
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Catalan Professional working proficiency

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Maria Borrós Gonzàlez

The experience of working and being business partner of David has been very positive to me. He is an experienced and very focused hard worker, who takes care of each economic and social side of a project as well as the company.

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Experience

    • Spain
    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Sep 2013 - Present

      My experience in economic and social development is focused on environmental management, integrated water resource management, water technology, process innovations, business models, economic viability for water and sanitation treatment and management, ecosystem services and capacity building. My experience in economic and social development is focused on environmental management, integrated water resource management, water technology, process innovations, business models, economic viability for water and sanitation treatment and management, ecosystem services and capacity building.

    • Belgium
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chair of Water Beyond Europe
      • Jul 2021 - Present

    • Co-Chair of Water Beyond Europe
      • Jun 2014 - Jun 2021

    • Spain
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • International Project Coordinator
      • Apr 2009 - Sep 2013

      I worked as a project coordinator, where I sourced and managed funding for consortiums of several water and environmental projects. As project manager I gained funding for: FP7 DEMOWARE, FP7 MOSYCOUSIS, LIFE+ ZELDA, LIFE+ InSITRATE. I was also involved in the successful projects FP7 WELL, FP7 PERA and FP7 MOICT I worked as a project coordinator, where I sourced and managed funding for consortiums of several water and environmental projects. As project manager I gained funding for: FP7 DEMOWARE, FP7 MOSYCOUSIS, LIFE+ ZELDA, LIFE+ InSITRATE. I was also involved in the successful projects FP7 WELL, FP7 PERA and FP7 MOICT

    • Belgium
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Water Reuse Task Force Co-Chair
      • Oct 2011 - Aug 2013

      Co-Chair of the Water Reuse Task force for the European Water Platform (WssTP) www.wsstp.eu. The Water Reuse Research and Innovation future needs for Europe document we produced from this working group was presented to the European Commission in 2013

    • Deputy Executive Member of the board
      • Apr 2012 - May 2013

      Deputy executive board member of the European Water and Sanitation Technology Platform.

    • Plant Manager Ashford Common
      • Mar 2006 - Mar 2008

      During my time there I was the process plant manager for the largest water treatment plant in England, which supplied treated water to half of London, I was also a core member of the water quality auditing group.

    • Process Scientist
      • Jul 2004 - Mar 2006

    • Water Quality Technician
      • Jun 2003 - Jul 2004

Education

  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Science and Technology
    2017 - 2033
  • Loughborough University
    Master of Science (MSc), Water and Environmental Management
    2010 - 2015
  • Loughborough University
    Post Graduate Module, Water Utilities Management
    2014 - 2014
  • University of Cape Town
    BSc Honours, Fresh Water Biology
    2000 - 2001
  • University of Cape Town
    BSc, Zoology and Botany
    1998 - 2000
  • Pretoria Boys High School
    Matric
    1992 - 1997

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