Contact

The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food is hosted by the International Water Management Institute in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Mailing Address:

Challenge Program on Water and Food Secretariat

P.O. Box 2075
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fax: +94 (11) 2784083 (Direct)
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 (General)
cpwfsecretariat@cgiar.org

Secretariat

Alain Vidal
Program Director
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0153
IWMI ext. 2322
a.vidal@cgiar.org

Pamela George
Program Manager
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000
IWMI ext. 2323
p.george@cgiar.org

Sharon Perera
Executive Assistant
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2328
sharon.p@cgiar.org

Lalith Dassenaike
Project Manager - Research
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2302
l.dassenaike@cgiar.org

Chandana Lokuge
Information Management Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2329
c.lokuge@cgiar.org

Marene Abeyesekere
Finance Administrator
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2330
m.abeyesekere@cgiar.org

Tuppy McIntosh
Acting Communications Coordinator
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0143
IWMI ext. 2303
t.mcintosh@cgiar.org

Deepak Shanmuganathan
Communications Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2327
d.shanmuganathan@cgiar.org

Judy Paris
Administration and Procurement Officer
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000 ext. 2324
j.paris@cgiar.org

 

Management Team

Alain Vidal
Program Director

Pamela George
Program Manager

Boru Douthwaite
Innovation and Impact Director
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
A.A. 6713, Recta Cali-Palmira, Cali, Colombia
Tel: +57 (2) 4450000
b.douthwaite@cgiar.org

Larry Harrington
Research Director
37, Uptown Road, Apartment 24D, Ithaca NY 14850, USA
Tel: +1-607-280-2666
l.harrington@cgiar.org

Sophie Nguyen-Khoa
Associate Director
127 Sunil Mawatha, Pelawatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (11) 288 0000
s.nguyen-khoa@cgiar.org

Basin Leaders

Kim Geheb
Basin Leader: Mekong
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
c/o ILRI-Ethiopia Campus, Wereda 17
Kebele 21, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 (11) 645 7222(3)
Fax: +251 (11) 645 1252/646 4645
k.geheb@cgiar.org

Simon Cook
Basin Focal Project Coordinator
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
AA 6713,
Cali, Colombia
Tel: +94 (11) 2786854 (General) +57 (2) 4450126 or 650 833 6625 (USA Direct)
Fax: +57 (2) 4450073 or 650- 833- 6625 (USA Direct)
s.cook@cgiar.org