Eng. Teferra Beyene is a Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Water and energy on Transboundary waters. He possesses over 35 years of work experience in the water sector in policy, leadership, institution building and technical management domains, both in national and transboundary settings. He has successfully held senior management positions with high technical, administrative and financial responsibilities. Positions held include Project Manager, Medium Scale Hydropower Plants Study Project, Head, Dams & Hydropower Design Department, Director, Boundary and Transboundary Rivers Affairs Directorate.
He served as an Executive Director of the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat and he has been a member of the NBI governance . He has a degree in civil engineering from the National Institute of Technology - University of Calicut (India) and has attended post graduate courses on international water law, hydropower development & management in U.K., Japan and Norway.