Country Experience: Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burundi, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar, Netherlands, Niger, Peru, Rwanda, South Sudan, Spain, Tanzania.
Jaime is a specialist in water resources management, water supply and sanitation. He has more than 12 years professional engineering experience, including more than 10 years working in low-income countries and fragile states. His experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.
Jaime has worked for several organisations, focusing on WASH and water governance. He has extensively researched the water distribution options for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and host communities. He has worked as a senior adviser to UNICEF, UNHCR, national governments, private sector companies and humanitarian agencies.
Jaime also has a long history of working in both rural and urban contexts, including major engineering projects, flood alleviation, water pipeline designs, solar pumping schemes, climate resilience and supporting water utility and institutional reforms.
Jaime received a qualification from Algeciras University for his studies in Civil Engineering, specialising in Hydrology. He also holds a post-graduate certificate as aWASH expert in international cooperation from Alcalá de Henares. Jaime speaks Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.