Mr. Hans Guttman has joined AIT as the Wetlands Alliance Program (WAP) Coordinator, effective 24 September 2007. Mr. Guttman, who is an AIT alumnus (1991), worked as Coordinator at the Environment Program, Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat, Cambodia and Lao PDR, prior to taking up his new position at AIT. He also worked for several years at the AIT Aqua Outreach Program covering Lao PDR, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, before moving to the MRC. Mr. Guttman has extensive experience in aquatic resources management for sustainable rural development, having worked at the local, national and regional levels, and also in natural aquatic systems addressing production, biodiversity, rehabilitation and resilience.