Vinay Sadavarte is an international development professional with 18 years of professional experience in humanitarian, development and private sector in Asia and Africa. He has specialisation in the field of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), disaster preparedness and response and program coordination, with experience in people and financial management. He has worked with different organizations includes: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), The Norwegian Red Cross, The Netherlands Red Cross, UNICEF, Oxfam, and Registered engineers for disaster Relief (RedR). Countries he has worked in includes Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Djibouti, Eritrea, Rwanda, Burundi, Madagascar, Sudan, South Sudan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Vietnam , Indonesia and Myanmar.