Kusum Athukorala, the new GWP SAS Chairperson is well-known to GWP since its inception due to her contributions as a member of the GWP’s first Global Steering Committee in 1995. Since then, her affiliation continued with GWP as a Regional Council Member of GWP SAS and the Chair of GWP Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Water Partnership) on several occasions. In addition to water governance, she played a key role in promoting gender equity and inclusion within GWP at all levels.