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
Brenda Ciuk CANO
- Position
- Deputy Director-General for International Financial Organizations
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean states
- Alternate
- Lorena PALOMO
- Position
- Senior Economic Adviser for Trade Policy and Sustainable Development
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance (Chile)
Advisors
- For board member
- Ana Patricia VILLALOBOS Arrieta
- Brenda Janeth PEQUEÑO
- Gabriela RODRÍGUEZ MARTÍNEZ
- Rodolfo GODÍNEZ ROSALES
- For alternate member
- Rodrigo ROJO
- Jaime TRAMÓN

Co-Chair
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
- Aurore BIVAS
- For alternate member
- Delphine EYRAUD
- Vincent SZLEPER
- Antoine ALAMOWITCH
- Catherine LEGRAND
- Louise ROUSSEAU

Gisella BERARDI
- Position
- Senior Adviser for Global Public Goods
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Economy and Finance, International Financial Relations Division, Unit for Multilateral Development Banks and Funds (Italy)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Jose DELGADO
- Position
- Senior Climate Policy Advisor
- Affiliation
- Federal Ministry of Finance (Austria)
Advisors
- For board member
- Federico MANNONI
- Vittorio SEBASTIANI
- Eleonora MEI
- For alternate member
- Wolfgang DIERNHOFER
- Susana ESCÁRIA

Tom BUI
- Position
- Director of Environment
- Affiliation
- Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Liesbeth LODDEWYKX
- Position
- Assistant Director, Environment and Climate, FPS Foreign Affairs
- Affiliation
- Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Belgium)
Advisors
- For board member
- Natasha FERNANDO
- Catherine POTVIN
- Kelly SHARP
- For alternate member
- Jozef BUYS
- Grzegorz GROBICKI
- Filip KUŚMIERSKI

Gérard BUSSIER
- Position
- Deputy Financial Secretary
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (Mauritius)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from Small Island Developing States
- Alternate
- Nadia SPENCER-HENRY
- Position
- Debt Manager
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance and Cooperate Governance (Antigua and Barbuda)
Advisors
- For board member
- George UZICE
- For alternate member
- Michai ROBERTSON

Nagmeldin Goutbi ELHASSAN MAHMOUD
- Position
- Senior Researcher
- Affiliation
- Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources (Sudan)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from the African states
- Alternate
- Wael Ahmed Kamal ABOUL-MAGD
- Position
- Ambassador
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)
Advisors
- For board member
- Selam Kidane ABEBE
- Ali Mohamed Ahmed Osman MOHAMED
- For alternate member
- Mohamed NASR

Mathew HAARSAGER
- Position
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Finance and Policy
- Affiliation
- Department of the Treasury (United States)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Trigg TALLEY
- Position
- Director of the Department of State’s Office of Global Change
- Affiliation
- Department of State (United States)
Advisors
- For board member
- Anne KOLKER
- Elizabeth LIEN
- Nicholas STRYCHACZ
- Jeanny CHONG
- Nicholas HAEG
- For alternate member
- Hilary CLIFFORD

Heike HENN
- Position
- Deputy Director General and Commissioner for Climate Policy and Climate Financing
- Affiliation
- Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Susan KROHN
- Position
- Head of Unit, Financing International Climate Action and Environmental Protection, Multilateral Development Banks
- Affiliation
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
Advisors
- For board member
- Sebastian FORSCH
- Simon STUMPF
- For alternate member
- Sarah ZÜGEL

Hans Olav IBREKK
- Position
- Policy Director of Section for Energy and Climate
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Terje KRONEN
- Position
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)
Advisors
- For board member
- Monica Judith CAMACHO MEJIA
- Anne Smeby EVJEN
- Geir ODDSSON
- For alternate member
- Ellen Bruzelius BACKER
- Peter KALAS
- Eirik Brun SØRLIE
- Jostein LINDLAND

Chong Hwa LEE
- Position
- Director General
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Economy and Finance (Republic of Korea)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from Asia-Pacific states
- Alternate
- Ali GHOLAMPOUR
- Position
- Minister Counsellor / Senior Climate Finance Expert
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Advisors
- For board member
- Ji Young CHOI
- Jiyoung KIM
- Ye Eun KIM
- Yeantae KIM
- Yeongsoo KIM
- Eunkyul PARK
- For alternate member
- Sheyda Nematollahi SARVESTANI

Xia LYU
- Position
- Director
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance (China)
- Representation
- Developing country Parties from the Asia-Pacific States
- Alternate
- Nauman Bashir BHATTI
- Position
- Deputy Head of Mission
- Affiliation
- Embassy of Pakistan in Belgium (Pakistan)
Advisors
- For board member
- Yan REN
- Zhihua CHEN
- Xiaofeng GUO
- Yueqiu HUANG
- Ran WANG
- For alternate member
- Kashmala KAKAKHEL
- Haseeb GOHAR
- Ali WAQAS

Marta MULAS
- Position
- Senior Advisor
- Affiliation
- Spanish Vice-Presidency and Ministry for Economy and Digitalization (Spain)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Alison CARLIN
- Position
- Lead Advisor
- Affiliation
- Climate Change and Environment Development Sector and Thematic Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)
Advisors
- For board member
- Susana CASTRO-ACUÑA BAIXULI
- Pilar Gracia MORALES
- María PRESMANES ANDRÉS
- For alternate member
- Mary CARRICK
- Sean JUDGE
- Paul RYAN
- Martin LALLY

Richard MUYUNGI
- Position
- Director
- Affiliation
- Vice President’s Office (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from the African states
- Alternate
- Tlou Emmanuel RAMARU
- Position
- Policy Analyst
- Affiliation
- Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (South Africa)
Advisors
- For board member
- Kamel DJEMOUAI
- Kenneth Davis KASIGILA
- Edwin Kagyabukama KILIBA
- Stanford KWAY
- Mchilo Ramadhani MIZAMBWA
- Anderson MLABWA
- Ramla Aziz MSUYA
- Maria Locken MUSHI
- For alternate member
- Zaheer FAKIR
- Richard SHERMAN

Lars ROTH
- Position
- Deputy Director, Division for Climate, Energy and Environment
- Affiliation
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Anders NYSTRÖM
- Position
- Director
- Affiliation
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Advisors
- For board member
- Jörgen PETTERSSON
- Jan WÄRNBÄCK
- Christopher ZINK
- For alternate member
- Jörgen PETTERSSON

Ayman SHASLY
- Position
- International Policies Consultant
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from the Asia-Pacific states
- Alternate
- Rachel Anne HERRERA
- Position
- Commissioner
- Affiliation
- Climate Change Commission (Philippines)
Advisors
- For board member
- Albara TAWFIQ
- Vincente YU
- For alternate member
- Nazrin CASTRO
- Amelia SUPETRAN
- Elaine BOREJON

Jeremiah Garwo SOKAN
- Position
- National Coordinator
- Affiliation
- National Climate Change Secretariat Environmental Protection Agency (Liberia)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from Least Developed Countries
- Alternate
- Karma TSHERING
- Position
- Chief of Policy and Planning Division
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Royal Government of Bhutan (Bhutan)
Advisors
- For board member
- Benjamin S. KARMORH
- Mahlet MELKIE
- For alternate member
- Raju PANDIT

Reina SOTILLO
- Position
- Minister, Directorate of Environmental Affairs
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Argentina)
- Representation
- Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States
- Alternate
- Leonardo CLEAVER DE ATHAYDE
- Position
- Minister, Director of the Environment Department
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)
Advisors
- For board member
- Natalie PAREJA
- For alternate member
- Renato LEONARDI
- Walter SCHULDT

Cheikh SYLLA
- Position
- Senior Technical Advisor
- Affiliation
- Office of Prime Minister (Senegal)
- Representation
- Developing country parties from the African states
- Alternate
- Tanguy Guillaume GAHOUMA-BEKALE
- Position
- Permanent Secretary
- Affiliation
- National Climate Council (Gabon)
Advisors
- For board member
- Aissatou NDIAYE
- Rachid TAHIRI
- For alternate member
- Seyni NAFO
- Anaëlle RAOUMBÉ DJENDJA
- Zita WILKS

Masahiro TAKASUGI
- Position
- Deputy Assistant Minister / Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Bureau
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Yoshitomo KONDO
- Position
- Director for Development Issues, International Bureau
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Finance (Japan)
Advisors
- For board member
- Toru SUGIO
- Tsutomu ITSUMI
- Akiko NAKANO
- Yoshiaki MAKINO
- Momo SHIOYAMA
- Kotaro TANIGUCHI
- Ran YAGASA
- For alternate member
- Tomoya ENDO
- Kana SERIZAWA
- Kenta HASEGAWA

Victor VIÑAS
- Position
- Adviser
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Dominican Republic)
- Representation
- Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States
- Alternate
- Jorge Alberto FERRER RODRIGUEZ
- Position
- Minister Counselor
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cuba)
Advisors
- For board member
- Milagros DE CAMPS GERMAN
- Nathalie FLORES-GONZALEZ
- Paul OQUIST KELLY
- For alternate member
- Richard TUR DE LA CONCEPCIÓN

Tobias VON PLATEN-HALLERMUND
- Position
- Chief Adviser
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Jock GESELSCHAP
- Position
- Head of the Climate Unit
- Affiliation
- Inclusive Green Growth Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
Advisors
- For board member
- Jennifer DE NIJS
- Tanne NØRGAARD JENSEN
- For alternate member
- Peter CARTER
- Alyssa DI CARA
- Lennart DUSCHINGER
- Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
- Vincent VAN ZEIJST

Jan WAHLBERG
- Position
- Ambassador for Climate Change
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland) (Finland)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Antonia FLUECK
- Position
- Program Manager
- Affiliation
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Switzerland)
Advisors
- For board member
- Johanna PIETIKÄINEN
- For alternate member
- Stefan DENZLER
- Lucretia LANDMANN
- Julien VOLERY

Josceline WHEATLEY
- Position
- Head of the International Team, Climate and Environment Department
- Affiliation
- Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
- Representation
- Developed country parties
- Alternate
- Ashufta ALAM
- Position
- Deputy Director Policy and Investments, International Climate Finance
- Affiliation
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (United Kingdom)
Advisors
- For board member
- Kevin GARDNER
- Victoria MACDONALD
- Paul SIMISTER
- Jan WIMALADHARMA
- For alternate member
- Felicity LE QUESNE
- Eliette RIERA
- Victoria SITU
- Conor RITCHIE

Ornela ÇUÇI
- Position
- Deputy Minister
- Affiliation
- Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)
- 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
- Philip S. WEECH
- Position
- Assistant Vice President
- Affiliation
- Office of Sponsored Research and Grants, Academic Affairs University of The Bahamas (Bahamas)
Advisors
- For board member
- Donika CIFTJA
- Zana VOKOPOLA
- For alternate member
- None
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