Spanish Leadership in Desalination & Water Use
#waterquestion in 3 minutes
Walid Khoury speaks with Elena Crespo, Feed Engineering Manager/Technical Leader at Acciona, about the leadership role Spanish Companies have played in Desalination and Water Use, and what has made them so successful. Walid and Elena also discuss what is next for the industry.
Elena will be speaking at the ‘Tech Leaders Forum’ at WEX Global 2022 – taking place 27th-29th June in Valencia, Spain. Join us to be part of this conversation and help us ‘Unlock the Power of the Smart Circular Economy’.
WEX Global 2022 is 3 days of sessions, roundtables, business meetings and much more. To book your place https://wex-global.com/register/
SPEAKER PROFILES
Elena Crespo
Manager/Technical Leader, Acciona
Elena Crespo is an Environmental Engineer and Master in environmental sciences and has more than 15 years of experience in water treatment engineering and water treatment industry.
She is the technical leader for desalination and potable water treatment in the water business line of ACCIONA and Feed Area Engineering Manager. She has been the technical proposal leader for several projects at ACCIONA among them: SWRO Adelaide (Australia), IDAM Copiapó (Chile), SWRO UHP (Qatar), WTP Laguna Lake (Filipinas), Shuqaiq (Saudi), SWRO TKO (Hong Kong), SWRO Alkhobar 2 (Saudi).
Walid Khoury
General Manager, Desalytics
Walid Khoury is a water industry veteran with 20 years of experience leading commercial organizations at Fortune 500 companies. Hed led water divisions at Nalco, GE, and Danaher, and recently launched Desalytics, as a fast-growing social impact company tackling the water challenges in Africa. Over the years, Khoury built arguably the most engaging platform on LinkedIn within the niche water segment, with 38% active followers vs 13% industry average. Khoury hosts global leaders in short video discussions showcasing the latest technology and sharing industry insights. He also moderates global panels webinars, speaks in forums, and is interviewed in leading water magazines.
