Penny is an independent consultant and an Associate of WaterAid Australia. Her experience spans more than 25 years in social, gender, and community development on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects in the Asia Pacific region. She has undertaken WASH assignments for the Asian Development Bank, the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), European Union, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Oxfam, UNICEF, WaterAid, and the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program. Penny gives special attention to inclusiveness issues in water and sanitation and remedial policies, programs, projects, and results.

Previously, she was the Country Director for WaterAid Myanmar, supporting the government in addressing water supply and sanitation challenges between 2015 and 2018.