Daryl Fields, a Canadian national, is a Senior Water Resources Specialist in the Energy, Transport and Water Department of the Sustainable Development Vice-Presidency.  Daryl leads the Bank-wide hydropower and multi-purpose water infrastructure functions, including development of strategic plans and monitoring of lending.  Her project and analytical work focuses on sustainability issues.  Current analytical work includes rehabilitation of hydropower facilities, benefit-sharing from large water infrastructure and cumulative impacts of cascade plants on water resources.  Ms. Fields represents the World Bank on the multi-stakeholder Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum and coordinates knowledge sharing and learning for hydropower and water infrastructure.  She supports planning and lending projects in South Asia, Africa and Latin America.  

Before joining the World Bank in 2004, Daryl was Manager of Operations Planning at BC Hydro, Canada.  Over her 12 years at BC Hydro she also held management positions in Sustainability, Aboriginal Affairs, Strategic Planning, Environment and the Office of the President.  Daryl was one of the original architects of BC Hydro’s sustainability initiatives and award-winning water allocation process, and was a driving force in the evolution of structured decision-making within the company.

Daryl holds a M.Sc. (Economics) from the London School of Economics and, before joining BC Hydro, consulted to public, private and international clients in the field of environmental economics and policy. 

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Updated September 26, 2008