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Sára Bori’s work is shaped by an early, lived understanding of how water systems touch everyday life. In the Netherlands, through a grandfather who settled in the 1980s in a town newly carved from the sea, and an aunt who made her home on a boat. In rural Hungary, her family relied on self‑supply, so during her childhood years she had to get drinking water from her grandmother’s piped town connection because the water at home was unsafe to drink.

Veronica Ayi‑Bonte has spent her career working at the intersection of ambition and implementation, where systems either deliver real services or fall short. She has seen how often progress slows not because strategies are weak, but because the system behind them is fragmented, poorly coordinated, or not set up to deliver at scale. For her, real change starts when planning, delivery and accountability work together — and when that system is strong enough to hold results over time.

Jeremiah Atengdem has spent his career working alongside the local authorities, helping them make sense of what is really happening across their systems. He has seen that when leaders gain greater clarity, their role changes from reacting to problems to deciding what to address and where to focus their efforts.

George Appiah has built his career helping leaders avoid that moment. He sees finance not as a function, but as the backbone of how an organisation works — where strategy, risk and delivery either hold together or quietly fall apart. For George, real transformation starts when leaders use financial insight early: to make more informed choices, align their teams, and build systems that can stand the test of time.