Wesley Meier

Wesley Meier is the Co-founder and CEO of Cova, a social enterprise focused on providing safe drinking water solutions in Central America. He co-founded Cova while living in Nicaragua, where he aimed to address water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) issues through community-centered initiatives. Under his leadership, Cova has expanded significantly, serving over 1.3 million people across more than 2,100 communities and creating the largest drinking water quality database in the region.12

Before establishing Cova, Meier gained diverse experience in international development. He worked in Senegal to set up a manufacturing facility for agricultural equipment, managed partnerships in China, and led a human-centered design innovation lab in Malawi. Meier holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and serves on various nonprofit boards.134