Stephanie is a co-founder and Director of Clean Water Wave, having established the social enterprise in 2017. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, an MSc from the University of Oxford; her doctoral research explored small-scale water and sanitation infrastructures & the relationship with the communities the technology is meant to serve in Kampala, Uganda.

Previous to managing Clean Water Wave, Stephanie was a Research Fellow at the Centre of African Studies at Edinburgh University, and has worked as a management consultant for a large corporate, where amongst many varied projects she was involved in developing the skills and education strategy as part of the Chinese Government’s Belt and Road Initiative for key projects in South Asia and East Africa.

Since leaving academia, Stephanie has subsequently built up a portfolio of project management experience with CBOs, NGOs, and corporates, and has considerable experience working across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. She is as a Fellow of the RSA.