Prof. Dr. Ricardo Segura  Graino

Mr. Ricardo Graduated in 1968 from the High Technical School of Civil Engineering, Madrid after which he worked for 5 years for the private sector in the field of public works construction, in 1973, he joined as Engineer at the Project Department, Institute for Reform and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, where he worked until 1983. From 1983 to 1990 he held high ranking management posts at IRYDA and was responsible for management of irrigation areas. He worked as Chief Engineer of the irrigation service with the General Directorate of Hydraulic Works in the Ministry of Public Works and Environment from 1990-1993 and was responsible for supervision of projects. He became Deputy Director General of Hydrological Planning in 1993 where he was responsible for completing the National huydrological Plan and for coordination of Basin Hydrological Plans. He has been a member of several international missions for technical collaborations in the countries of Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, etc. He is author of several technical papers contributed to national and international conferences on irrigation and related subjects. He is also Vice President of Spanish Association on Irrigation and Drainage, and member of Water Mediterranean Institute. Spanish Association on Soil Mechanics and IWRA. He Vice President of ICID from 1999-2002.