Boardroom

Overview

The Green Climate Fund embodies a new and equitable form of global governance to respond to the global challenge of climate change. At the Fund’s heart is a balanced governance structure that ensures consensus-based decisions between developed and developing countries.

The GCF Board is charged with the governance and oversight of the Fund’s management. It was established by 194 sovereign governments party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Board is independent and guided by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention.

Board members

Co-Chair

Nauman Bashir BHATTI

Position: Director General
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Ahmad RAJABI
Position
Affiliation: (Iran (Islamic Republic of))

Advisors

For board member

Kashmala KAKAKHEL
Ali WAQAS

For alternate member

Sheyda NEMATOLAHI
Haideh GHORBANBIGI

Co-Chair

Victoria GUNDERSON

Position: Director
Affiliation: Department of the Treasury’s Office of Climate and Environment (United States)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Hillary CLIFFORD
Position: Foreign Affairs Officer in the Department of State’s Office of Global Change
Affiliation: Department of State (United States)

Advisors

For board member

Anne KOLKER
Benjamin LAWLESS
Abigail DEMOPULOS
Damian RICHARDSON

For alternate member

Kevin ADAMS

Wael Ahmed Kamal ABOUL-MAGD

Position: Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)
Representation: Developing country parties from the African states

Alternate: Antwi-Boasiako AMOAH
Position: Deputy director , Climate change adaptation and vulnerability
Affiliation: Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana)

Advisors

For board member

Mohamed NASR

For alternate member

Foster ABOAGYE GYAMFI

Gisella BERARDI

Position: Senior Adviser for Global Public Goods, Global Public Goods Office
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: José DELGADO
Position: Senior Climate Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance (Austria)

Advisors

For board member

Federico MANNONI
Vittorio SEBASTIANI
Eleonora MEI

For alternate member

Wolfgang DIERNHOFER
Susana ESCÁRIA

Diann BLACK-LAYNE

Position: Ambassador for Climate Change
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance (Antigua and Barbuda)
Representation: Developing country parties from Small Island Developing States

Alternate: Teuea TOATU
Position: Vice President & Minister for Finance and Economic Development
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Kiribati)

Advisors

For board member

Michai ROBERTSON
Nadia SPENCER-HENRY

For alternate member

Koin Uriam KIRITIONE
Maaman IOAKIM

Tom BUI

Position: Director of Environment
Affiliation: Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Katrijn COPPENS
Position: Secretary of Embassy Directorate for Climate and Environment,
Affiliation: Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Cooperation (Belgium)

Advisors

For board member

Catherine POTVIN
Christine MARTEL-FLEMING
Aarsi SAGAR
Kelly SHARP

For alternate member

Grzegorz GROBICKI

Irma Martinez CASTRILLON

Position
Affiliation: (Cuba)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States, Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Milagros de CAMPs
Position: Vice Minister
Affiliation: International Cooperation of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Dominican Republic)

Advisors

For board member

Rochelle Newbold
Javier Antonio Guitirres Ramirez

For alternate member

Victor VINAS
Daniel CABRERA

H.R.H Jaime de BOURBON de PARME

Position: Climate Envoy
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Charlotte JUST
Position: Chief Advisor
Affiliation: Department for Green Diplomacy and Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

Advisors

For board member

Lennart DUSCHINGER
Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
Urara KAGAJO
Jennifer DE NIJS
Lara JACOBY

For alternate member

Vincent VAN ZEIJST
Emilie WIEBEN
Emilie MARIENDAL

Stefan DENZLER

Position: Deputy Head of Multilateral Cooperation
Affiliation: State Secretary for Economic Affairs (Switzerland)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Anna MERRIFIELD
Position: Director Climate and Environmental Diplomacy
Affiliation: Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

Advisors

For board member

Matthias BACHMANN
Gabriela BLATTER
Veronika BAGI
Andreas FOSER
Barbara KOVACS
Lucretia LANDMANN
Julien VOLERY

For alternate member

Saana AHONEN
Johanna PIETIKÄINEN
Saija VUOLA

Jean-Christophe DONNELLIER

Position: Inspector General
Affiliation: French Treasury (France)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Stéphane CIENIEWSKI
Position: Senior Adviser on Environment and Climate
Affiliation: Directorate General of the Treasury (France)

Advisors

For board member

Marine LANNOY

For alternate member

Raphaël OLIVIER
Louise ROUSSEAU
Mariella MORANDI
Kevin BESANCON

Ursula FUENTES

Position: Head of Unit for Financing International Climate Action and Environmental Protection, Multilateral Development Banks
Affiliation: Foreign Affairs Office (Germany)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Manfred KONUKIEWITZ
Position: Deputy Director-General (ret.)
Affiliation: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)

Advisors

For board member

Hendrikje REICH
Louis MOURIER

For alternate member

Annette WINDMEISSER
Lena BRETAS
Simon STUMPF

Tanguy Guillaume GAHOUMA BEKALE

Position: Permanent Secretary
Affiliation: National Climate Council (Gabon)
Representation: Developing country parties from the African states

Alternate: Hussein ALFA NAFO (SEYNI)
Position: Coordinator
Affiliation: Africa Adaption Initiative (Mali)

Advisors

For board member

Anaelle Farah RAOUMBE DJENDJA
Zita WILKS

For alternate member

Sandra FREITAS
Kamal DJEMOUAI
Cheick SYLLA

Orlando GARNER

Position: Director General of Public Credit
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Honduras)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Jaime TRAMON
Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Financial and International Affairs Division, Ministry of Finance (Chile)

Advisors

For board member

Ana Patricia Villalobos ARRIETA

For alternate member

Daniela BUCHUK

Leif HOLMBERG

Position: Deputy Director
Affiliation: Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Dag SJÖÖGREN
Position: Deputy Director, Department for Multilateral Development Banks, Sustainability and Climate
Affiliation: Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

Advisors

For board member

Emma ÅBERG
Jan WARNBACK

For alternate member

Jörgen PETTERSSON
Lars RONNAS

Hans Olav IBREKK

Position: Special Envoy, Climate and Security
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Malin MEYER
Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (Norway)

Advisors

For board member

Ragnhild Marie Falkenberg VALSTAD

For alternate member

Benedikt HÖSKULDSSON

Toshihiro KITAMURA

Position: Deputy Director-General/Deputy Assistant Minister, International Cooperation Bureau
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Saito SAIKO
Position: Senior Negotiator for Climate Change, Climate Change Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Advisors

For board member

IMAI Miki
ISHIKAWA Takayuki
MITOMORI Kohji
SAITO Saiko
SAKOGUCHI Sadamitsu
YOSHII Miho

For alternate member

KOBAYASHI Kazuo
Shinichiro KURASAWA
Kazuhiro MUKAI)
Hikari MICHINO

Corina LEHMANN

Position
Affiliation: (Argentina)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Walter SCHULDT
Position
Affiliation: (Ecuador)

Advisors

For board member

Daniel Machado da FONSECA
Matheus Freitas Rocha BASTOS

For alternate member

Natalie PAREJA

Yingzhi LIU

Position: Director
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (China)
Representation: Developing country parties from Asia-Pacific states

Alternate: Kyunghee KIM
Position: Director General of development finance
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Republic of Korea)

Advisors

For board member

HAN Xiaolei
ZHANG Yangxinyi
LI Jinmiao
YAO Wei

For alternate member

Hyekyoung JUNG
Yongjin LEE
Young-joon YOON
Hyoeun JANG

Sarah METCALF

Position: Head of Climate Finance and International Systems Department
Affiliation: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (United Kingdom)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Edward WEBBER
Position: Deputy Director, Multilaterals & Sectors Team
Affiliation: UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (United Kingdom)

Advisors

For board member

Victoria MACDONALD
Shelby MILLEN
Jan WIMALADHARMA
Kevin GARDNER
Henrietta HAMILTON

For alternate member

Joshua TEBBUTT
Rosanne FIENGA
Conor RITCHIE
Sultana BASHIR

Marta MULAS ALCANTARA

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Spanish Vice-Presidency and Ministry for Economy and Digitalization (Spain)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Ali CARLIN
Position: Lead Adviser, Climate Change and Environment Policy, Pacific and Development Group
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)

Advisors

For board member

Susana CASTRO-ACUÑA BAIXAULI
Ramón LÓPEZ PÉREZ
María PRESMANES ANDRÉS

For alternate member

James BRENNAN
Fiona RALPH
Martin LALLY

Tlou Emmanuel RAMARU

Position: Policy Analyst, Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources
Affiliation: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (South Africa)
Representation: Developing country parties from the African states

Alternate: Pacifica F. OGOLA
Position: Secretary, Climate Change Directorate
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kenya)

Advisors

For board member

Richard SHERMAN

For alternate member

Selam Kidane ABEBE

Nino TANDILASHVILI

Position: Deputy Minister
Affiliation: Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (Georgia)
Representation: Developing country parties not included in the regional groups and constituencies stated in paragraph 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Board

Alternate: Tessa VAETORU
Position: Development Programme Manager
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (Cook Islands)

Advisors

For board member

Maia TSKHVARADE

For alternate member

Krystina TATUAVA
Isaac RYAN
Patrick VAN LAAKE

Albara TAWFIQ

Position
Affiliation: Ministry of Energy (Saudi Arabia)
Representation: Developing country parties from the Asia-Pacific states

Alternate: Mark Dennis Y.C. JOVEN
Position: Undersecretary
Affiliation: Department of Finance (Philippines)

Advisors

For board member

Indrajit BOSE
Ahmed ALJAMEEL
Abdulrahman ALGUWAIZ
Mohammad AYOUB

For alternate member

Neil Adrian CABILES
Jenevive LONTOK
Anna Marie MERCALDI
Sharmaine Dianne RAMIREZ
Megan BARTE
Riely Aster Rojo

Karma TSHERING

Position: Chief, Policy and Planning Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (Bhutan)
Representation: Developing country parties from Least Developed Countries

Alternate: Isatou F CAMARA
Position: Deputy Director, Directorate of Development Planning
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Gambia)

Advisors

For board member

Raju Pandit CHHETRI
Felipe OSSES
Jeremiah SOKAN
Tenzin WANGMO

For alternate member

Alagie FADERA
Mahlet MELKIE

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