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: 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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