Dara is a leading humanitarian and development professional with nearly four decades of extensive field experience spanning Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He has led large-scale, climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)- and renewable energy programmes in both urban and rural settings. He most recently served as Chief of Section for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for UNICEF in the State of Palestine, where he led complex water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in one of the world’s most challenging operational contexts.