Mateo Pastur Romay is a Chemical Engineer with over 10 years of experience in R&D in the water sector, scaling up solutions until implementation. Mateo works at Cetaqua as the Head of Technical Strategy, leading the development of new solutions aligned with the needs of business units.

His current interests include the comparative assessment of existing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) governance models, and exploring mechanisms to incentivise private and community participation in water resource improvement, including aquifer recharge and water quality enhancement.