Dr. Shaddad Attili is a senior expert in water and environment issues and conflict resolution. Currently a senior adviser at the Negotiation Department and secretary general of the International Water Bank, he has served as minister at the Palestinian Negotiation Department, water minister, and deputy secretary general of the Union for the Mediterranean, where he headed the water and environmental division. Dr. Attili is also a senior research fellow at Oxford University and in 2013 was admitted to the French Legion of Honor.