Patrick Moriarty

Biography

Dr Patrick Moriarty is IRC's Chief Executive Officer. A passionate and self-confessed water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems nerd, he has been applying systems thinking to wicked WASH problems for most of the last 20 years. A Civil Engineer by first degree he has built a career focused on leading interdisciplinary work on WASH service delivery and local water governance, all with aim of improving human well-being. Predominantly in Africa and South Asia.

Patrick has been with IRC since 2000, and has held several leadership positions; as head of knowledge development; IRC's country director in Ghana; and Director of one of the IRC's major projects -Triple-S. He has been IRC’s CEO since 2013.

Patrick's main drive is to position IRC as a leading and effective champion and driver of long lasting systems change and WASH systems strengthening in the countries and communities where IRC works. He finds the most professional satisfaction working in the messy interface between politics, policy, applied research and practice.