Ms. Almud Weitz joined the World Bank in 2007 and is currently Principal Regional Team Leader for East Asia and the Pacific and South Asia at the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services. She is managing a program of activities in 9 countries: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.

Prior to joining the World Bank, Ms. Weitz held various project task management positions at the Asian Development Bank in Manila and in Jakarta over 8 years. She started her career as a Policy Analyst with the United Nations Development Programme in New York where she worked for 4 years. She is a German and Italian national and holds a Masters in Economics from Free University of Berlin in Germany.