Association Affiliate Director
Javier Romero Sanz is the expert Advisor of the Water Found FCAS of the Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation AECID of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, European Community and International Development of Spain. He also serves as Water and Sanitation Senior Expert at the Spanish Public Company Grupo Tragsatec.
Prior to this role, Mr. Romero was serving as International Business Development Manager in GS Inima for seven years and served as a Country Manager for some countries in Latam. Previously, he had been working for the OHL Water Division serving in the Construction Direction as a project manager and becoming Head of the International Construction Department for longer than seven years. Mr. Javier Romero Sanz started at Vitaqua Water Treatment as a project engineer.
He is the Vice President of the ALADYR Latin American Association of Water Desalination and Reuse for the term 2022-2026 and also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for the same term 2022-26. Prior to this, he also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of ALADYR for the term 2018-2022.
Mr. Romero received his Engineer degree from the University Polytechnic of Madrid, Spain. He also received a post-graduate degree in Strategic Marketing at the IE Business School of Spain; a post-graduate degree in Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation at the University Polytechnic of Catalunya, Spain; a post-graduate degree in Water Desalination and Water Reuse at the University of Alicante, Spain; the post-graduate degree in Drinking Water Treatment and Water Utilities Management at the UPC School Politechnical University of Catalunya, Spain.