How WAREG works

Andrea Guerrini

Andrea Guerrini is Commissioner of ARERA, the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (www.arera.it), and President of WAREG, the Association of European Water Regulators (www.wareg.org).
From 2016 until his nomination in ARERA in August 2018, he was President of the Public Operator of the City of Livorno (www.asaspa.it).

Mr Guerrini is professor of Performance Management, Planning and Control in the Department of Business Economics at the University of Verona, where he has been researching and teaching water utilities and regulation. He is the author of numerous publications, including monographs and articles for international reviews. In 2014 he wrote a book on “Water management in Italy: Governance, Performance and Sustainability” and in 2018 a book on “Management of water services companies. An operational manual for management and control”.

He has been leading research projects financed by the EU, and was one of the founders of the Water Management and Technology Research Centre.

Prof. Guerrini has been drafting the tariff methodology for drinking water services for the City of Bolzano.

Szilvia Szalóki

Szilvia Szalóki is a recognized water professional. She is a lawyer by profession and an expert in energy law. As a lawyer she gave advise to local governments in the water utility sector, and prepared them to meet the requirements of the regulations. She also participated in the review of water utility supplier companies and in development projects.

Since 2013 she is the vice-president of the Hungarian regulator. It was her responsibility to help to establish the professional supervision of the water and waste water sector in Hungary. Performing this important task she built strategic cooperation with the representatives of water and waste water sector, furthermore with other responsible agencies and institutions. Most recently she is focused on international issues and the cooperation of water regulators. She has been elected as one of the vice-presidents of WAREG in 2015 and re-elected in 2018

Ivaylo Kastchiev

Ivaylo Kastchiev holds MBA in City University of Seattle, USA and PhD in Economics and Management in Sofia University, Bulgaria. He has more 18 years of experience in Water and sanitation sector, with 10 years in utility in Bulgaria, and 8 years in national regulator.

Mr. Kastchiev has worked 10 years in Sofiyska Voda – the biggest water and sanitation operator in Bulgaria, where he was responsible for strategic investment planning, life-cycle asset management, network operations and maintenance, non-revenue water reduction, business plan preparation and others.

For the past 8 years Mr. Kastchiev works in the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission of Bulgaria as department manager and later on as Water and Sanitation Services Director. He is responsible for preparation and execution of all aspects of national regulation of quality and prices of water and sanitation services.

Mr. Kastchiev chairs the “Institutional Governance and Regulation” specialist group in IWA, is active participant on behalf of EWRC in WAREG (European Water Regulators Network), works with the World Bank in projects related to the water sector with countries in Europe and Central Asia, and is author of several scientific publications in the area of WS asset management and sector governance.

Vera Eiró

Academic background

PhD in Public Law, NOVA School of Law, Post-graduate course in Environment and Planning Law, Coimbra University Law School, Law Degree, NOVA School of Law.

Professional Experience

Vera is a Public Law and Regulatory Expert in Portugal. She was executive Board Member at ERSAR and is now the President of the Board of Directors of ERSAR.

She is a Public Law Professor since 2012 and her research and teaching areas in the academia cover Regulation, Administrative Law, Public Procurement and Planning Law.

Until November 2020, she was a Counsel and Head of Public Law and Regulatory in the Finance department at Linklaters LLP (Lisbon office) having also worked at Linklaters LLP Paris office (2004). Her practice focused on public procurement and administrative, environmental, energy and planning laws. As a legal practitioner, she has over 15 years of experience in providing legal advice in regulatory and public law issues relevant to project finance, litigation and M&A transactions, in highly regulated sectors.

Vera was an assistant in the Portuguese Constitutional Court and has also been appointed arbitrator in administrative law/public law and consumer disputes.

Fabio Tambone

Mr. Fabio Tambone is currently Director, Head of External International Relations of ARERA, the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy Networks and Environment (www.arera.it). 

He is Executive Advisor to the Board of WAREG, the European association Water Regulators (www.wareg.org) gathering 30 water Authorities in the European continent.

Till February 2021 he has covered the position of Secretary General at MEDREG (Mediterranean energy Regulators), the organization gathering 25 energy Authorities in Mediterranean basin (www.medreg-regulators.org).

He previously worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, at the European Commission in Brussels, and for other private and public organizations carrying out strategic research and managing international cooperation projects and programs on energy and other industrial sectors.

He graduated in economics at University of Bologna, he earned an MBA at MIP-School of Management (Politecnico di Milano), and a Leadership executive programme at Bocconi University. 

Christian Minelli

Official at the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (ARERA) since 2010, where he has been developing European and International institutional relations on energy and water utility services regulation, at multilateral and bilateral level, and assisting ARERA’s Board Members. ARERA representative in the OECD Network of Economic Regulators, the International Water Association, the Council of European Energy Regulators.

Since 2014 he is the General Coordinator of WAREG the first European association of national and regional agencies responsible for economic regulation of drinking water and wastewater services. Before serving in ARERA, he was policy officer in the Cabinet of the President of the Italian Senate.

Graduated in Diplomacy and International Relations (University of Trieste), European Studies (College of Europe, Bruges), and MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan, Italy).

Ramon Domènech Aldomà

Before joining WAREG, Ramon advised Fortune 500 companies on matters related to environment, health and safety compliance, including water, wastewater and chemicals management in the European Union and Latin America. He also carried out research and analysis on relevant regulatory developments.

Previously he has worked for NATO providing legal support in the drafting and coordination of cooperation agreements and for the Spanish law firm Roca Junyent on international projects in its Barcelona and Shanghai offices. A qualified attorney in Spain, he holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Double LLM in International Business Law and Legal Practice from the ESADE Business and Law School.

Vittorio Graziano

Vittorio Graziano joined WAREG – European Water Regulators in 2019 as Junior Water Analyst supporting the Secretariat in the organisation of the 1st edition of the European Forum on the Regulation of Water Services (EFRWS).

Since 2020 he has been managing WAREG’s external communications through the website and the social media. Vittorio holds a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies (Cattolica University of Milan) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and Management (Bocconi University, Milan).

Fjola Beqiri

Fjola Beqiri is graduated as a Sociologist from University of Tirana and after that she followed Law Tirana University and hold a master degree Msc. in Public Rights.

She works at Albanian Water Regulatory Authority since 2009. From the beginning she held the position of the Commission and Chairman Secretary in charge of all the administrative procedure of the institution. For almost 5 years she works as a Consumer Complaint Specialist in the Consumer and Public Sector.

She has a wide professional experience of Consumer Protection in Water Sector and she has conducted many qualifications inside and outside the country on consumer issues.