About the Authors
Maria Kouyoumijian-Piana & Marcel Boyer
Authors. Researchers. Water specialists.
Maria Kouyoumijian-Piana
Author. Researcher. Water specialist.
Maria Kouyoumijian-Piana is an author and researcher specialising in water. With a background in the humanities, finance, and water engineering, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to water and sustainability.
Her work bridges financial systems and water resources, translating complex ideas into compelling, accessible narratives. Passionate about the intersection of markets and natural resources, Maria explores how capital shapes the future of water.
Her latest book, Water on Wall Street, explores the complexities of water as both a life-sustaining resource and a financial asset, offering insight into the evolving relationship between global markets and the world's most essential resource.
Marcel Boyer
Emeritus Professor of Economics. Officer of the Order of Canada.
Officer of the Order of Canada, Knight of the Ordre national du Quebec, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Honorary Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association, Marcel Boyer (Ph.D. Economics, Carnegie-Mellon University) is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Universite de Montreal, where he held the Bell Canada Chair in Industrial Economics and the Jarislowsky-SSHRC-NSERC Chair in Technology and International Competition.
He is Associate Member of the Toulouse School of Economics, Fellow of CIRANO and the C.D. Howe Institute, and Member of the Scientific Committee of the AFG (Paris) Chairs in Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investments.
He was President of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vice-President and Chief Economist of the Montreal Economic Institute, President of the Canadian Economics Association, Member of the Board of the National Bureau of Economic Research (USA), the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Agency for Public-Private Partnerships of Quebec, and the Montreal Mathematical Finance Institute.
Credentials
Background & expertise
Specialisation
Water resources, sustainability, and natural capital
Background
Humanities, finance, and water engineering
Focus
Intersection of global financial markets and water resources
Approach
Translating complex ideas into accessible, compelling narratives
Latest Book
Water on Wall Street — water as resource and financial asset
Perspective
Multidisciplinary — bridging science, finance, and the humanities
Speaking
Available for keynotes, panels, and media
Available for keynotes, panel discussions, and media appearances on water scarcity, sustainable investment, ESG, and the intersection of environmental risk and financial markets.
Water as the Next Asset Class
How institutional investors are pricing water scarcity — and what it means for portfolios, policy, and the planet.
The Coming Water Crisis
A data-driven look at global water stress, the regions most at risk, and the timeline that policymakers are not talking about.
Investing for a Sustainable Future
The case for water infrastructure, conservation technology, and sustainable agriculture as the defining investment opportunity of the century.
ESG Beyond the Buzzword
Why water risk is the most underpriced environmental factor in corporate reporting — and how that is about to change.
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