Nico Terra officially named new Director of IRC

Den Haag, The Netherlands, Monday 14 June, 2010. On Tuesday 11 May 2010, the Supervisory Board of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre announced the appointment of Mr Nico Terra as the organisation’s new Director commencing 1 September 2010.

Mr Terra brings a wealth of experience to the organisation having worked with professionals in the area of education and research and practiced as a management consultant for more than 20 years. He has held several senior managerial positions during this time, the most recent being at IRC where as Interim Director he successfully led the organisation through a substantial change process during the past year.

Supported by a team of notable WASH sector specialists, Mr Terra will lead IRC as it continues to break new ground in the sector with its portfolio of innovative projects and programmes including: WASHCost, Triple-S and the Source News Service. “IRC has a critical role to play in this rapidly changing sector where knowledge sharing, partnership and relations are essential to helping those most in need of water and sanitation services.” said Mr Terra. He continued “Together with the team of leading professionals here at IRC, I am confident that we will continue to produce targeted, high quality projects and programmes that will enable us to achieve this.”

Mr Terra succeeds Ben Lamoree in the position of Director. Willem Horbach, currently director of finance at IRC will in parallel hold the position of Deputy Director with immediate effect.

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Since its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better support poor men, women and children in developing countries to obtain water and sanitation services they will use and maintain.
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