A vector has direction and magnitude. BlueVector Strategy exists because decisions about water need both.
FOUNDED BY RAHIM KANJI AND RIENK de VRIES
What we see
Many failures in water systems occur long before infrastructure breaks or programs collapse.
They occur when institutions must make decisions inside environments shaped by fragmented authority, misaligned incentives, and incomplete visibility. By the time those weaknesses appear in infrastructure performance, the underlying decision environment has already failed.
Water systems are entering a period of greater volatility. Climate conditions are shifting faster than institutional structures designed for stability. Infrastructure systems are ageing simultaneously across many regions. Governance models built for predictable environments are being asked to operate under uncertainty.
Institutions responsible for water must therefore become stronger decision systems.
That is the layer where BlueVector Strategy operates.
What we do
Our work focuses on three questions.
Is the organization ready to make this decision?
Are governance structures capable of sustaining it?
What risks remain invisible from inside the current system?
Answering those questions requires examining how authority, information, incentives, and accountability interact inside institutions responsible for water.
What we do not do
We do not replace engineering, operations, or technical planning.
We do not produce static plans that cannot survive politics, incentives, or uncertainty.
We do not compete on downstream delivery.
Our work sits upstream of those activities because the success of downstream work depends on the decisions that shape it.
How we judge quality
We judge decision quality at the time the decision is made, based on the process and information available, not on outcomes observed after the fact.
We separate facts from judgement, label assumptions explicitly, and define what would change the recommendation before making one.
How we deliver
Our core team anchors every engagement: relationship ownership, framing, decision quality assurance, synthesis, and final QA. We mobilize specialist expertise through a curated network of deep-domain contributors when engagements require local context, facilitation capacity, or technical depth.
BlueVector is led by:
Rahim Kanji Chemical engineer who commissioned water and wastewater systems across North America and Europe before spending a decade building Ontario's water innovation ecosystem. As Executive Director of the Ontario Water Consortium, he has mobilized over $90M in funding and connected municipalities, researchers, and industry across 80+ demonstration initiatives. Board Director of Water For People Global and former President of Water For People Canada, recognized with WEF's W. Hite Outstanding Leadership Award.
Rienk de Vries More than 30 years running and advising water and wastewater systems across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean. His career spans operational leadership, organizational transformation, strategic automation, and governance reform for some of North America's largest municipal utilities, including Toronto, Hamilton, Peel, Halton, and Vancouver. Past-President of Water For People Canada.
We draw on a network of senior advisors and practitioners with executive experience across North American and international water systems.