|
Dr. Sommariva is a consultant of international reputation. He is presently the Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East and the head of the company’s worldwide desalination activities. He joined ILF in 2009 after working nine years with Mott MacDonald, where led the desalination and water treatment group as Managing Director of Generation Middle East.
Starting from a very technical background, he has worked for the last 20 year in desalination in various roles. He has experience in thermal, reverse osmosis and wastewater systems and served in all the major desalination developments in the Middle East in various roles.
Dr. Sommariva, who is President of IDA for the 2011-2013 term, has served on the IDA Board of Directors for the last 12 years. Within his main activities in IDA, Dr. Sommariva served as 1st Vice President in 2003-2004 and Chairman of the Affiliate Committee. He was also the Technical Co-Chair of the IDA World Congress in Dubai. In addition, he has also served on the European Desalination Society (EDS) Board of Directors for the last 14 years, and was President in 2004-2005.
An advocate for social responsibility in desalination, Dr. Sommariva started IDA’s humanitarian outreach initiative that culminated in the establishment of the Association’s Humanitarian Outreach Committee, which he leads. He has also been the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) committee for the establishment of safe drinking water from desalination.
Dr. Sommariva has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Genoa University and a diploma in Management from Leicester University. He is an honorary Professor at Genoa and L’Aquila Universities where he holds regular courses on desalination and water reuse related matters. He also holds regular courses with IDA and the Bushnak Academy. He has published over 50 papers on desalination covering leading edge research and economics, and has authored two books on desalination management and economics and project financing.
|
