Boardroom
GCF embodies equitable governance to respond to the global challenge of climate change, one that ensures consensus-based decisions between developed and developing countries.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
- Director, Division for International Environment and Energy
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Advisors
- For board member
- Kashmala KAKAKHEL
- Ali WAQAS
- For alternate member
- Sheyda NEMATOLAHI

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 SALEM
- For alternate member
- Foster ABOAGYE GYAMFI
- Veronica Alorm Amissah AIDDO
- Samuel OTOO

Mohammad AYOUB
- 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 (the))
Advisors
- For board member
- Abdulaziz ALBUTTI
- Ahmed ALJAMEEL
- Abdulrahman AL-GWAIZ
- Albara TAWFIQ
- For alternate member
- Neil Adrian CABILES
- Jenevive LONTOK
- Anna Marie MERCALDI
- Sharmaine Dianne RAMIREZ
- Megan BARTE
- Riely Aster ROJO

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
- 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
- Kayah WARD
- 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
- Stefan INNES
- For alternate member
- Grzegorz GROBICKI

Milagros de CAMPS GERMAN
- Position
- Vice Minister
- Affiliation
- International Cooperation of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Dominican Republic (the))
- Representation
- Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States, Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States
- Alternate
- Irma Martinez CASTRILLON
- Position
- Director
- Affiliation
- Office for Fund Management and International Projects (Cuba)
Advisors
- For board member
- Javier Antonio Guitirres Ramirez
- For alternate member
- Victor VINAS
- Daniel CABRERA
- Rochelle NEWBOLD

Stéphane CIENIEWSKI
- Position
- Senior Adviser on Environment and Climate
- Affiliation
- French Treasury (France)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Kevin BESANCON
- Position
- Deputy Head of Unit - Multilateral Development and Climate Finance
- Affiliation
- French Treasury (France)
Advisors
- For board member
- Louise ROUSSEAU
- For alternate member
- Raphaël OLIVIER
- Marine LANNOY
- Mariella MORANDI

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
- Gabriela BLATTER
- Veronika BAGI
- Andreas FOSER
- Barbara KOVACS
- Lucretia LANDMANN
- Julien VOLERY
- Anne MOULIN
- Julie DONATI
- Kinga CSONTOS
- For alternate member
- Saana AHONEN
- Johanna PIETIKÄINEN
- Saija VUOLA
- Roosa KASMA

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
- Lena BRETAS
- Position
- Senior Policy Officer
- Affiliation
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Advisors
- For board member
- Hendrikje REICH
- Louis MOURIER
- Ralph BODLE
- Mareile DRECHSLER
- For alternate member
- Annette WINDMEISSER
- Manfred KONUKIEWITZ
- Simon STUMPF
- Philipp SPINNER

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
- Alejandro SOLANO ORTIZ
- For alternate member
- Daniela BUCHUK

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
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Advisors
- For board member
- Emma ÅBERG
- Jan WARNBACK
- Magnus CARNWALL
- For alternate member
- Dag SJÖÖGREN
- Jörgen PETTERSSON

Hans Olav IBREKK
- Position
- Special Envoy for Climate and Security
- Affiliation
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Norway)
- Representation
- Developed country parties, Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Malin MEYER
- Position
- Senior Advisor
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)
Advisors
- For board member
- Ragnhild Marie FALKENBERG VALSTAD
- Benedikt HÖSKULDSSON
- For alternate member
- Peter KALAS

Charlotte JUST
- Position
- Chief Advisor
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for Green Diplomacy and Climate (Denmark)
- Representation
- Developed country parties, Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Alexandra (Sandra) LOUISZOON
- Position
- Senior Policy Advisor
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands (the))
Advisors
- For board member
- Jennifer DE NIJS
- Lara JACOBY
- Emilie MARIENDAL
- Emilie WIEBEN
- For alternate member
- Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
- Jasmin METZLER
- Lennart DUSCHINGER

Toshihiro KITAMURA
- Position
- Deputy Assistant Minister, Deputy Director General International Cooperation Bureau
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- HYOKAI Tsuyoshi
- Position
- Deputy Director for Development Policy Division, International Bureau
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance (Japan)
Advisors
- For board member
- ISHIKAWA Takayuki
- MITOMORI Kohji
- MIYAKAWA Takumi
- SAITO Saiko
- SAKOGUCHI Sadamitsu
- YOSHII Miho
- For alternate member
- ITOIGAWA Takuro
- NAKATA Midori
- SAKURAI Yuka

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
- Julia LARDONE
- Martin GRONDA
- For alternate member
- Natalie PAREJA VANRRELL
- Andres CORDOVA
- Silvana MONTES DE OCA

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 (the))
Advisors
- For board member
- HAN Xiaolei
- ZHANG Yangxinyi
- LI Jinmiao
- YAO Wei
- ZHANG Ju
- ZHANG Daiwei
- LI Yixin
- For alternate member
- Hyekyoung JUNG
- Yongjin LEE
- Young-joon YOON
- Hyoeun JANG
- Hyojung KIM

Sarah METCALF
- Position
- Head of Climate Finance and International Systems Department
- Affiliation
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (United Kingdom)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Joshua TEBBUTT
- Position
- Head of Climate Multilaterals, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Affiliation
- UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (United Kingdom)
Advisors
- For board member
- Victoria MACDONALD
- Shelby MILLEN
- Jan WIMALADHARMA
- Kevin GARDNER
- Henrietta HAMILTON
- Will ECKERSLEY
- For alternate member
- Rosanne FIENGA
- Lorenza MICALETTI
- Sultana BASHIR
- Edward WEBBER
José PÉREZ
- Position
- Senior Advisor
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digitial Transformation (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
- For alternate member
- James BRENNAN
- Fiona RALPH
- Martin LALLY
- Paul RYAN

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
- Nino LATSABIDZE
- For alternate member
- Krystina TATUAVA
- Isaac RYAN
- Patrick VAN LAAKE

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
- Sara Jane AHMED
- Mahlet MELKIE
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