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: Deputy Head of Mission
Affiliation: Embassy of Pakistan in Belgium (Pakistan)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: LYU Xia
Position: Director of International Financial Institutions Division I, Department of International Economic and Financial Cooperation
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (China)

Advisors

For board member

Kashmala KAKAKHEL
Muqeet MAJED
Richard SHERMAN

For alternate member

Lan CHEN
Xiaofeng GUO
Yingzhi LIU
Yan REN
Yucheng ZHANG

Co-Chair

Sue SZABO

Position: Director General Food Security and 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

Cam DO
Natasha FERNANDO
Catherine POTVIN
Kelly SHARP

For alternate member

Jozef BUYS
Grzegorz GROBICKI
Filip KUŚMIERSKI

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

Selem KIDANE
Ali Mohamed Ahmed Osman MOHAMED
Richard SHERMAN

For alternate member

Mohamed NASR

Irina GHAPLANYAN

Position: First Deputy Minister
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment (Armenia)
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: Victor VIÑAS
Position: Adviser & Coordinator for the Executive Vice Presidency
Affiliation: National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism (Dominican Republic)

Advisors

For board member

Hayrapet HAKOBYAN

For alternate member

None

Ali GHOLAMPOUR

Position: Minister Counsellor / Senior Climate Finance Expert
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Representation: Developing country parties from Asia-Pacific states

Alternate: Chang HUH
Position: Director General, Development Finance
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Republic of Korea)

Advisors

For board member

None

For alternate member

Donghyun JUNG
Jaeoh KIM
Jiyoung KIM
Kay Eun KOO
Jonghun LEE

Mathew HAARSAGER

Position: Deputy Assistant Secretary for MDB Operations and Policy
Affiliation: Department of the Treasury (United States)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Holly KIRKING LOOMIS
Position: Acting Director, Office of Global Change
Affiliation: Department of State (United States)

Advisors

For board member

Juliana GABROVSKY
Eric HAXTHAUSEN
Rebecca LAWLOR
Elizabeth LIEN
David SULLIVAN
Alexandra YESTRUMSKAS
Anne KOLKER

For alternate member

Rebecca ADLER-MISERENDINO
Hilary CLIFFORD

Heike HENN

Position: Deputy Director General / Commissioner for Climate Policy and Climate Financing
Affiliation: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Norbert GORIßEN
Position: Deputy Director General International Policy
Affiliation: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)

Advisors

For board member

Sebastian FORSCH

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: (Norway)

Advisors

For board member

Astri Toril Bente HERSTAD
Einar TELNES

For alternate member

Inga Dóra PÉTURSDÓTTIR

Ronald JUMEAU

Position: Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)
Representation: Developing country parties from Small Island Developing States

Alternate: Janine FELSON
Position: Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations
Affiliation: Permanent Mission of Belize to the United Nations (Belize)

Advisors

For board member

George UZICE

For alternate member

None

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
Stanford KWAY
Mchilo Ramadhani MIZAMBWA
Anderson MLABWA
Ramla Aziz MSUYA

For alternate member

Zaheer FAKIR

Paola PETTINARI

Position: Senior Advisor
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

Swan SENESI

For alternate member

Wolfgang DIERNHOFER
Susana ESCÁRIA

María PRESMANDES ANDRÉS

Position
Affiliation: (Spain)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Niamh McGUIRE
Position
Affiliation: (Ireland)

Advisors

For board member

Susana CASTRO-ACUÑA BAIXULI
Pilar Gracia MORALES

For alternate member

Alison CARLIN
Mary CARRICK
Sean JUDGE
Paul RYAN

Karina RAMIREZ ARRAS

Position: Deputy Director General for Sustainable Finance
Affiliation: Secretariat 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

William CALVO
Sandra GUZMÁN

For alternate member

Guillermo GARCÍA

Lars ROTH

Position: Deputy Director, Division for Climate, Energy and Environment
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Marie KARLBERG
Position: Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Swedish Energy Agency (Sweden)

Advisors

For board member

Bengt JOHANSSON
Sandra LINDSTRÖM

For alternate member

None

Cyril ROUSSEAU

Position: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Financial Affairs and Development and Director-General of the Treasury
Affiliation: Ministry for the Economy and Finance (France)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Leonardo PUPPETTO
Position: Head of Multilateral Financing for Development and Climate
Affiliation: Directorate General of the French Treasury, Ministry for the Economy and Finance (France)

Advisors

For board member

Aurore BIVAS
Juliana DEVIS-CANTILLO

For alternate member

Francesco BRUNO
Delphine EYRAUD
Vincent SZLEPER

Walter SCHULDT

Position: Counselor of the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ecuador)
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Ignacio LORENZO ARANA
Position: Director of Climate Change
Affiliation: Ministry of Housing, Land Planning, and Environment (Uruguay)

Advisors

For board member

Carlos ESPINOSA
Renato LEONARDI
Steven PETERSEN

For alternate member

Maria Antonella PARODI
Belen REYES

Stefan SCHWAGER

Position: Head, International Climate and Biodiversity Finance
Affiliation: Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Johanna PIETIKÄINEN
Position: Programme Officer, Department for Development Policy Unit for Sustainable Development and Climate Policy
Affiliation: Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

Advisors

For board member

Gabriela BLATTER
Stefan DENZLER
Patrick RENZ
Antonia SUTTER

For alternate member

None

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: Loren LEGARDA
Position: Senator
Affiliation: Chairperson of Committee on Finance and Climate 17th Congress (Philippines)

Advisors

For board member

Albara TAWFIQ

For alternate member

Nazrin CASTRO
Emmanuel DE GUZMAN
Jordanne ETIS
Rachel HERRERA
Kristine Sheree MANGUNAY
Amelia SUPETRAN

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: Head of Policy and Planning Service
Affiliation: National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan (Bhutan)

Advisors

For board member

Benjamin S. KARMORH
Tinaua Calvin KOLLIE
Mahlet MELKIE
Ernest B. WAYLEE

For alternate member

None

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

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: Toru SUGIO
Position: Senior Negotiator for Climate Change, Climate Change Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Advisors

For board member

Shiina MURATA
Akiko NAKANO
Tsutomu SATO
Momo SHIOYAMA
Kotaro TANIGUCHI
Ran YAGASA
Tsutomu ITSUMI

For alternate member

Masaru ABE
Kenta HASEGAWA
Hitomi TANIGUCHI

Tobias VON PLATEN-HALLERMUND

Position: Chief Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Marjolein GEUSEBROEK
Position
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

Advisors

For board member

Jennifer DE NIJS
Tanne Nørgaard JENSEN

For alternate member

Peter CARTER
Jimmy SKENDEROVIC

Philip S. WEECH

Position: Assistant Vice President
Affiliation: Office of Sponsored Research and Grants, Academic Affairs University of The Bahamas (Bahamas)
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

Paul OQUIST KELLY

For alternate member

None

Josceline WHEATLEY

Position: Head of International Team, Climate and Environment Department
Affiliation: Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Ashufta ALAM
Position
Affiliation: (United Kingdom)

Advisors

For board member

Zac BULL
Victoria MACDONALD
Shannan MURPHY

For alternate member

Kevin GARDNER
Serina NG
Eliette RIERA
Paul SIMISTER
Jamie STEWART

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