Nader Khateeb holds an M.Sc. degree in Environmental Management from the Loughborough University Of Technology, UK. He is the General Director of the Water and Environmental Development Organization (WEDO), a Palestinian organization very active in the environmental sector. He is also the Palestinian Director of Friends of the Earth Middle East, a regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to promote sustainable development of the shared resources in the Middle East. He has over 20 years of experience in water management.
Mr. Khateeb was a senior water resource engineer with the United Nations Development Program working as a consultant on the ultimate creation of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), and was then a senior water resource engineer with the PWA coordinating water and wastewater projects. He carried out feasibility studies of the Industrial Waste Management in Hebron, worked with UNESCO to prepare a conceptual Emergency Master Plan for the Bethlehem Region and trained municipal engineers in the Gaza Strip on wastewater collection and treatment systems.
Mr. Khateeb also served as chief engineer for the Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour Water Authority and project manager for their drainage and sewerage project. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Jerusalem, West Bank and Amman, Jordan.