Sylvia Lee

Manager, Water, Skoll Global Threats Fund

Biography

Sylvia Lee has 15 years of experience in the water sector. She currently leads the water work at the Skoll Global Threats Fund. Prior, she worked as a Water Resources Specialist at the World Bank based in Kathmandu, Nepal where she focused on transboundary water issues and climate change adaptation & resilience building for vulnerable communities. Sylvia also was the Associate Director for the Water Initiative at the World Economic Forum based in Geneva, Switzerland. Sylvia was also a consulting engineer on the design and construction of water and sanitation projects in the United States and the United Kingdom. Sylvia is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and McGill University.