GCF Board

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

Leif HOLMBERG

Position: Deputy Director, Department for Multilateral Development Banks, Sustainability and Climate
Affiliation: Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

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

Advisers

For board member

Clara SHULTZ
Monica GULLBERG
Magnus CARNWALL
Angela Fonyodi

For alternate member

Jörgen PETTERSSON

Co-Chair

Seyni NAFO

Position: Coordinator/Ambassador
Affiliation: Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) Technical Support Unit (TSU) (Mali)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African States

Alternate: Balisi GOPOLANG
Position: Climate Change Coordinator
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Botswana)

Advisers

For board member

Sandra FREITAS
Kamal DJEMOUAI
Mohamed NASR
Richard SHERMAN
Monika SCHLOTTAU

For alternate member

Kulthoum MOTSUMI
Fatuma HUSSEIN

Antwi-Boasiako AMOAH

Position: Director, Climate Vulnerability and adaptation
Affiliation: Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana (Ghana)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African states

Alternate: Bob NATIFU
Position: Deputy Commissioner climate change
Affiliation: Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

Advisers

For board member

Veronica Alorm AMISSAH-AIDOO
Foster Aboagye GYAMFI
Samuel OTOO

For alternate member

Soha BENCHEKROUN
Joab OKANDA

Mohammad AYOUB

Position: Climate Policy and Negotiations
Affiliation: Ministry of Energy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Arman KASSENOV
Position: Vice Minister
Affiliation: National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)

Advisers

For board member

Hashem HAMAWI
Indrajit BOSE

For alternate member

Shattyk TASTEMIROVA

Gisella BERARDI

Position: Deputy Director
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Jose DELGADO
Position: Senior Climate Policy Advisor; Head of Green Budgeting
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance, Austria

Advisers

For board member

Vittorio SEBASTIANI
Valeria ZIMEI

For alternate member

Wolfgang DIERNHOFER
Catarina SOUSA

Nauman Bashir BHATTI

Position: Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Yingzhi LIU
Position: Director
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (China)

Advisers

For board member

Hafiza Humaira JAVAID
Ali WAQAS MALIK
Ibrahim MIRZA
Danyal ZAFAR
Muhammad Shahsawar SHAREEF

For alternate member

LU Ouyang
Daiwei ZHANG

Lena Bretas

Position: Senior Policy Officer
Affiliation: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Philipp AEPLER
Position: Senior Policy Adviser- International Climate Finance
Affiliation: Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Advisers

For board member

Annette WINDMEISSER
Johanna WOLF de TAFUR
Alexander NAWRATH
David ARNOLD

For alternate member

Hendrikje REICH
Frank TENFELDE
Florian ARNETH
Cara-Sophie SCHERF

Isatou F CAMARA

Position: Director of Climate Finance
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (Gambia)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Least Developed Countries

Alternate: Sindhu Prasad DHUNGANA
Position: Joint Secretary
Affiliation: Ministry of Forests and Environment (Nepal)

Advisers

For board member

Sara Jane AHMED
Mahlet MELKIE
Felipe OSSES

For alternate member

Raju PANDIT CHHETRI
Tenzin WANGMO

Stéphane CIENIEWSKI

Position: Senior Adviser on Environment and Climate
Affiliation: Ministry for Economy Finance and Recovery, French Treasury (France)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Pierre MARC
Position: Deputy Head of Unit - Multilateral Development and Climate Finance
Affiliation: French Treasury (France)

Advisers

For board member

Adrien BOLGERT

For alternate member

Antoine BERGEROT
Louise ROUSSEAU
Raphaël OLIVIER
Pierre GOURIOU
Gauthier MESA

Ivan Marcell CRUZ BURGOS

Position: Director, Financial Mechanisms and Portfolio Management
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Dominican Republic (the))
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Group of Latin America and the Carribean Countries

Alternate: Luis CERDA
Position: Treasury Executive
Affiliation: Central Bank (Nicaragua)

Advisers

For board member

Rochelle NEWBOLD
Camila RODRIGUEZ
Melisa GUZMAN

For alternate member

Javier Antonio GUTIERREZ RAMIREZ

Will ECKERSLEY

Position: Head of Climate and Environment Funds
Affiliation: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (United Kingdom)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Manuela GALAN
Position: Head of Climate Multilaterals
Affiliation: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (United Kingdom)

Advisers

For board member

Jena CROSSAN
Victoria MACDONALD
Jan WIMALADHARMA
Ben BODDY
David RENSHAW
Donald Menzies
Deborah McGurk

For alternate member

Edward WEBBER
Lorenza MICALETTI
Sultana BASHIR

Victoria GUNDERSON

Position: Director of the Office of Investment, Energy, and Infrastructure
Affiliation: Department of Treasury (United States)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Kevin ADAMS
Position: Foreign Affairs Officer
Affiliation: Department of State (United States)

Advisers

For board member

Anne KOLKER
Benjamin LAWLESS
Abigail DEMOPULOS
Emma KAMB
Eli BINDER
Rebecca LAWLOR

For alternate member

Dana THOMAS
Moon HERRICK
Evelyne WILLAMS

Andrew HURST

Position: Executive Director
Affiliation: Climate Finance Division, Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Willem van de VOORDE
Position: Ambassador Special Envoy for Climate & Environment,
Affiliation: FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Development Cooperation (Belgium)

Advisers

For board member

Aarsi SAGAR
Stefan INNES
Francois-Philippe DUBE
Vincent BEAUSEJOUR

For alternate member

Jonas de MEYER
Alexander VERSTRAETE

Hans Olav IBREKK

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

Alternate: Richard BONTJER
Position: Director, Climate and Environment Diplomacy Branch
Affiliation: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

Advisers

For board member

Mads Halfdan LIE
Ragnhild Marie Falkenberg VALSTAD
María Erla MARELSDÓTTIR
Mads Uhiln HANSEN

For alternate member

Ceri TEATHER
Lauren ROCCISANO
Mary POWTER
Brad JACKSON

Do Ik KIM

Position: Director, Green Climate Policy Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Korea (Republic of Korea (the))
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Maria Luwalhati C. DOROTAN TIUSECO
Position: Undersecretary for Climate Finance Policy
Affiliation: Department of Finance (Philippines (the))

Advisers

For board member

Suho Lee
Boyoung Kim
Seoyeon Choi

For alternate member

Megan BARTE
Rachel Anne HERRERA
John NARAG
Donalyn MINIMO
Stephanie Anne HILARIO
Caryln DIAZ

Ramón LÓPEZ

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Business (Spain)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Alison CARLIN
Position: Lead Adviser – Climate Change
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)

Advisers

For board member

Nuria Maria BUISAN PRIETO
Maria Celia Bueno LAVINA

For alternate member

Julia Wiener
David Owens
Daniel Collins
Gillian NAUGHTON MURPHY

Hiroki MATSUI

Position: Director for Climate Change Division, International Cooperation Bureau
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Takuro ITOIGAWA
Position: Deputy Director for Development Policy Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Japan)

Advisers

For board member

Ayumi ONO
Yukichi USUI
Junya TANAKA
Yukiko YASUDA
Takumi MIYAKAWA
Takuya NOMOTO
Tomomi TSUKAKOSHI

For alternate member

Yusuke YATSU
Taro IRIE
Tsuyoshi HYOKAI
Satoshi IKOMA

Anna MERRIFIELD

Position: Director
Affiliation: Climate and Environmental Diplomacy (Finland)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Lucretia LANDMANN
Position: Senior Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Federal office for the Environment (Switzerland)

Advisers

For board member

Stefan DENZLER
Anne MOULIN
Julien VOLERY
Carl DUDEK
Veronika BAGI
Andreas FOSER

For alternate member

Johanna PIETIKAINEN

Pacifica F. OGOLA

Position: Director, Climate Change Programmes Coordination
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kenya)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African States

Alternate: Hamid Abakar SOULEYMANE
Position: Lead Negotiator, Chad and Climate Change and Meteorology Expert
Affiliation: Ministry of Transports, Civil Aviation and of the National Meteorology (Chad)

Advisers

For board member

Xolisa NGWADLA

For alternate member

Mamadou HONADIA
Mbodou Mahamat AHMAT
Fadhel KABOUB

Maria Fernanda SOUZA

Position: Director, Climate Change Department
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment (Uruguay)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Joan Frederick Baudet FERREIRA FRANCA
Position: Second Secretary
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)

Advisers

For board member

Maria Julia LARDONE

For alternate member

Flavio Baran

Nino TANDILASHVILI

Position: First 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: VACANT
Position
Affiliation

Advisers

For board member

Lasha INAURI

For alternate member

None

Teuea TOATU

Position: Vice President of Kiribati
Affiliation: (Kiribati)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Small Island Developing States

Alternate: Amjad ABDULLA
Position: Director General, Climate Change Department
Affiliation: Ministry of Climate Change (Maldives)

Advisers

For board member

Koin Uriam KIRITIONE
Ruth PHILLIPS ITTY
Choi Being YEETING

For alternate member

Thibyan IBRAHIM

Jaime TRAMON

Position: Senior Advisor, Financial and International Affairs Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance, Chile
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Alejandro Solano ORTIZ
Position: Vice-Minister
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Costa Rica

Advisers

For board member

Lina María CASTAÑO LUJÁN

For alternate member

Agripina JENKINS ROJAS
Mariamalia JIMENEZ COTO

Jakob TVEDE

Position: Chief Advisor, Green Diplomacy and Climate
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Biodiversity, (Luxembourg)

Advisers

For board member

Pierre OBERLE
Lara JACOBY

For alternate member

Sandra LOUISZOON
Jasmin METZLER
Tanne Nørgaard JENSEN

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