Mr. Lenton, and Argentinian national, was appointed to the Inspection Panel in September 2007, and served as Chair from 2009 to 2012. 

He is currently a founding executive director of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska. A specialist in water resources and sustainable development, Robert Lenton has more than 40 years of international experience in the field. 

Mr. Lenton has served as Adjunct Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and he was Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. He is Chair of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, and Member of the Board of Directors of WaterAid America. He has served on several councils, and was Director of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Division of the UNDP. He is author and co-editor of related publications. He earned a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and has a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).