Zebene is a Geologist and Environmental Engineer with a wealth of experience in Groundwater Resource Assessment, Development and Management from expert to Director level under the Ministry of Water and Energy. Currently, he is serving the Ministry of Water and Energy as Lead Executive officer for Boundary and Transboundary Water Affairs Office directly responsible to the Minister. He is a Principal Technical Advisory Committee Member at NBI institutions (Nile-SEC, ENTRO and NELSAP-CU) and AMCOW. He is also a project coordinator and steering committee member for the World Bank supported groundwater for resilience project in the Horn of Africa and focal point for NBI project on transboundary aquifer assessment.