ROLE PLAYERS 2017 - Dr. Corrado Sommariva


Dr. Corrado Sommariva

Managing Director
ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East

Dr. Sommariva, who was the President of IDA for the term 2011-2013, served as Co-Chairman of the Technical Program for the 2009 IDA World Congress in Dubai.

Dr. Sommariva has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Genoa University and a Diploma in Management from Leicester University. He is an honorary Professor at Genoa and L'Aquila

Universities. He has published over 50 papers on desalination leading edge research and economics and published two books on desalination management and economics.

He has been President of the European Desalination Society (EDS) and chairman of the World Health Organization's committee for safe drinking water from desalination.

In November 2013 Dr. Sommariva was conferred an honorary degree by Herriot Watt University in recognition to his contributions to chemical engineering.

In May 2014 Dr. Sommariva has been conferred by the President of Italy a knighthood with the cross of merit for his work distinguished contribution and career.