Will Sarni is the founder and CEO of Water Foundry a water strategy consultancy and the Founder and General Partner of Water Foundry Ventures, a water technology venture fund. He has been a sustainability and water strategy advisor to multinationals, water technology companies, investors, and non-governmental organizations for his entire career. Prior to Water Foundry, he was a managing director at Deloitte Consulting where he established and led the water strategy practice. He was the founder and CEO of DOMANI, a sustainability strategy firm, prior to Deloitte.

Will is an internationally recognized thought leader on water strategy and innovation. He was ranked as; Worth Magazine Worthy 100 for 2022 and the author numerous publications on water strategy and innovation including: “Corporate Water Strategies” (Earthscan 2011), “Creating 21st Century Abundance through Public Policy Innovation: Moving Beyond Business as Usual” (Sarni, W. and Koch, G., Greenleaf Publishing 2018), “Digital Water: New Technologies for a More Resilient, Secure and Equitable Water Future” (Routledge, 2021) and “Water, I Wonder” (Sarni, W and Dunnigan, T., Outskirts Press, September 2022).

Sarni is a host of the podcast Distilled by Qatium and co-host of The Stream with Will and Tom. He was the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for the WAITRO Global Water Innovation Summit 2020 and was on the Scientific Program Committee for Stockholm World Water Week from 2013 through 2019. His advisory work includes working with the 2020 X-PRIZE (Infinity Water Prize), as a Bold Visioneer for the 2016 X-PRIZE Safe Drinking Water Team.