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

Milagros DE CAMPS GERMAN

Position: Deputy Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic (Dominican Republic (the))
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Group of Latin America and the Carribean Countries

Alternate: Javier Antonio GUTIERREZ RAMIREZ
Position: Secretary of Climate Change of the Presidency and Vice Minister
Affiliation: Environment and Natural Resources (Nicaragua)

Advisers

For board member

Camila RODRIGUEZ
Eusebio CASTRO
Gabriela PEREZMELLA ITURBIDES
Victor VINAS

For alternate member

Heyddy Loredana CALDERON PALMA
Irma Martinez CASTRILLON
Rochelle NEWBOLD

Co-Chair

Sarah METCALF

Position: Head of Climate Finance and International Systems Department
Affiliation: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (United Kingdom)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Joshua TEBBUTT
Position: Head of Climate Multilaterals
Affiliation: BEIS/ UK government (United Kingdom)

Advisers

For board member

Louise Marshall
Aliya ALIKHANBAYOVA
Victoria MACDONALD
Shelby MILLEN
Kevin GARDNER
Jan WIMALADHARMA
Will ECKERSLEY
Ben BODDY
Theepan SELVARATNAM

For alternate member

Edward WEBBER
Sultana BASHIR
Lorenza MICALETTI
Johanna SENN
Manuela GALAN

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)

Advisers

For board member

Mohamed SALEM

For alternate member

Foster ABOAGYE GYAMFI
Veronica Alorm Amissah AIDOO
Samuel OTOO

Mohammad AYOUB

Position
Affiliation: Ministry of Energy (Saudi Arabia)
Representation: Developing country parties from the Asia-Pacific states

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

Advisers

For board member

Abdulaziz ALBUTTI
Ahmed ALJAMEEL
Abdelrahman AL-GWAIZ
Albara TAWFIQ

For alternate member

Stephanie Anne HILARIO
Donna MINIMO
Anna Marie MERCALDI
John NARAG
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)

Advisers

For board member

Federico MANNONI
Vittorio SEBASTIANI

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: Massoud REZVANIAN RAHAGHI
Position: Director for International Affairs of Environment
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran (Islamic Republic of))

Advisers

For board member

Kashmala KAKAKHEL
Ali WAQAS MALIK

For alternate member

Sheyda NEMATOLAHI

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)

Advisers

For board member

Peter ABRAHAM
Kayah WARD

For alternate member

Koin Uriam KIRITIONE
Maaman IOAKIM
Ruth PHILLIPS ITTY

Stéphane CIENIEWSKI

Position: Senior Adviser on Environment and Climate
Affiliation: 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
Kevin BESANCON

For alternate member

Raphaël OLIVIER
Mariella MORANDI
Louise ROUSSEAU

Cam DO

Position: Director General
Affiliation: Innovative and Climate Finance Bureau, Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
Representation: Developed country parties, Developed country parties

Alternate: Katrijin COPPENS
Position: Secretary of Embassy Directorate for Climate and Environment,
Affiliation: Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Cooperation, Belgium (Belgium)

Advisers

For board member

Aarsi SAGAR
Britney RABY
Stefan INNES
Francois-Philippe DUBE

For alternate member

Luc JACOBS

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)

Advisers

For board member

Anaelle Farah RAOUMBE DJENDJA
Zita WILKS

For alternate member

Sandra FREITAS
Kamal DJEMOUAI
Cheick SYLLA

Victoria GUNDERSON

Position: Director, Climate and Environment
Affiliation: U.S. Department of Treasury (United States)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Hillary Clifford
Position: Foreign Affairs Officer
Affiliation: U.S. Department of State (United States)

Advisers

For board member

Anne KOLKER
Benjamin LAWLESS
Abigail DEMOPULOS
Moon HERRICK

For alternate member

Kevin M. ADAMS

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)

Advisers

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)

Advisers

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))

Advisers

For board member

Jennifer DE NIJS
Lara JACOBY
Emilie MARIENDAL
Emilie WIEBEN
Pierre Oberlé

For alternate member

Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
Jasmin METZLER
Lennart DUSCHINGER

Jae Hwan KIM

Position: Director General of the Development Finance Bureau
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Republic of Korea (the))
Representation: Developing country parties from Asia-Pacific states

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

Advisers

For board member

Suho LEE
Hyejeong YEON
Boyoung KIM

For alternate member

ZHANG Daiwei
LI Yixin
LI Jinmiao
HAN Xiaolei
ZHANG Yangxinyi
YAO Wei
ZHANG Ju

Lucretia LANDMANN

Position: Senior Policy Adviser
Affiliation: Federal Office for the Environment (Switzerland)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Anna MERRIFIELD
Position: Director Climate and Environmental Diplomacy
Affiliation: Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

Advisers

For board member

Gabriela BLATTER
Veronika BAGI
Andreas FOSER
Barbara KOVACS
Julien VOLERY
Anne MOULIN
Julie DONATI
Kinga CSONTOS

For alternate member

Saana AHONEN
Johanna PIETIKÄINEN
Saija VUOLA
Roosa KASMA

Yukiko OKANO

Position: Deputy Assistant Minister, Deputy Director General, International Cooperation Bureau
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Representation: Developed country parties, Developed country parties

Alternate: Tsuyoshi HYOKAI
Position: Director for Climate Change and Environmental Issues
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Japan)

Advisers

For board member

MITOMORI Kohji
SAKOGUCHI Sadamitsu
YOSHII Miho
YAMADA Wakana
ONO Ayumi

For alternate member

ITOIGAWA Takuro
NAKATA Midori
SAKURAI Yuka
MIYAKAWA Takumi

José PÉREZ

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digitial Transformation (Spain)
Representation: Developed country parties

Alternate: Gillian NAUGHTON MURPHY
Position: Advisor, International Climate and Sustainable Finance
Affiliation: Department of Finance (Ireland)

Advisers

For board member

Susana CASTRO-ACUÑA BAIXAULI
Ramón LÓPEZ PÉREZ

For alternate member

James BRENNAN
Daniel COLLINS
David OWENS
Alex LAMB
Alison CARLIN
Julia WIENER

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)

Advisers

For board member

Richard SHERMAN

For alternate member

Selam Kidane ABEBE

Gerhard SCHLAUDRAFF

Position: Head of Division for Financing International Climate Action, Multilateral Development Banks, Sustainable Finance, Forests;
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)

Advisers

For board member

Hendrikje REICH
Louis MOURIER
Ralph BODLE
Mareile DRECHSLER
Philipp AEPLER
Frank TENFELDE

For alternate member

Annette WINDMEISSER
Alexander NAWRATH
Simon STUMPF
David ARNOLD

Alejandro SOLANO ORTIZ

Position: Vice Minister, Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worships (Costa Rica)
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)

Advisers

For board member

Orlando Garner
Beatriz SERRANO
Jesus VARGAS SOTO

For alternate member

Daniela BUCHUK

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: Ruel YAMUNA
Position: Special Envoy (Climate and Environment)
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change (Papua New Guinea)

Advisers

For board member

Maia TSKHVARADE
Nino LATSABIDZE

For alternate member

Paul DARGUSCH

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)

Advisers

For board member

Raju Pandit CHHETRI
Felipe OSSES
Jeremiah SOKAN
Tenzin WANGMO

For alternate member

Sara Jane AHMED
Mahlet MELKIE

Vacant*

Position
Affiliation
Representation: Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Walter SCHULDT
Position
Affiliation: (Ecuador)

Advisers

For board member

Corina LEHMANN
Matheus Freitas Rocha BASTOS
Julia LARDONE
Martin GRONDA
Felipe Rodrigues Gomes FERREIRA
Davi BONAVIDES
Gabriel Felipe DA FONSECA DIZNER

For alternate member

Natalie PAREJA VANRRELL
Andres CORDOVA
Silvana MONTES DE OCA
Macarena MO

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* The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is deeply saddened at the passing of Daniel Machado da Fonseca on 3 March 2024. Daniel was a GCF Board member, climate action champion and beloved colleague, representing the Developing country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States.