Country Experience: Andy has worked in over 45 countries focused mainly in Central, Southern and West Africa, South and South East Asia, Middle East, and Latin America.
Andy Bastable is a specialist in sanitation and water supply. He has over 35 years of professional WASH experience working exclusively in low-income countries and fragile states. His experience includes multiple categories of humanitarian crisis and response, protracted disasters, post emergency planning and long-term development.
Andy joined Oxfam in 1990, before becoming the Public Health Engineering Team Leader in 2002. Andy has focused on improving technologies and approaches in sanitation, bulk and household water treatment, evaluations, and leading a number of innovation projects for emergency response and long-term sustainability.
Andy was the WASH focal point for the 2nd edition of Sphere in 2004, and is currently co-lead of the global cluster FSM technical working group. He led the Emergency Wash Sector Gap Analysis in 2013 and 2020.