Lemessa Mekonta

Lemessa Mekonta is the Country Director for IRC WASH Ethiopia based in Addis Ababa. 

He has diversified and hands on experiences in different aspects of water resources, water supplies, and sanitation working for government, private businesses and NGOs in various capacities ranging from expert to managerial level. Key areas of his experiences include program strategy development, partnership facilitation and coordination with different actors, project management, provision of trainings on water supplies, study and design for rural and urban water supplies, urban water utility management, water quality monitoring, leading action research including rural water supply operation and maintenance with appropriate technology identification and use, and private service providers engagement. 

Lemessa is a hydrogeologist by background with over 23 years' experience in water and sanitation sector.