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: Rochelle NEWBOLD
Position: Special Adviser
Affiliation: Matters Sir Cecil Wallace Whitfield Center (Bahamas)

Advisers

For board member

Camila RODRIGUEZ
Eusebio CASTRO
Gabriela PEREZMELLA ITURBIDES
Victor VINAS

For alternate member

Heyddy Loredana CALDERON PALMA
Irma Martinez CASTRILLON
Eduardo José FLORES COCA
Karen PANTON

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
Manuela GALAN
Kevin GARDNER
Jan WIMALADHARMA
Will ECKERSLEY
Ben BODDY
Jenna Crossan

For alternate member

Edward WEBBER
Sultana BASHIR
Lorenza MICALETTI
Johanna SENN
David RENSHAW

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: Climate Policy and Negotiations
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
Indrajit BOSE

For alternate member

Stephanie Anne HILARIO
Donalyn MINIMO
Anna Marie MERCALDI
John NARAG
Megan BARTE
Carlyn DIAZ

Gisella BERARDI

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Global Public Goods Office - International Financial Relations Directorate - Department of Treasury- Ministry of the Economy and Finance (Italy)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Jose DELGADO
Position: Senior Climate Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance (Austria)

Advisers

For board member

Vittorio SEBASTIANI
Federico MANNONI

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
Hafiza Humaira JAVAID
Ibrahim MIRZA

For alternate member

Sheyda NEMATOLAHI

Diann BLACK-LAYNE

Position: Director and Ambassador for Climate Change
Affiliation: Department of Environment (Antigua and Barbuda)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Small Island Developing States

Alternate: Teuea TOATU
Position: Vice President & Minister
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Kiribati)

Advisers

For board member

Peter ABRAHAM
Kayah WARD
Gita GARDNER

For alternate member

Koin Uriam KIRITIONE
Maaman IOAKIM
Ruth PHILLIPS ITTY

Isatou F CAMARA

Position: Deputy Director
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (Gambia)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Least Developed Countries

Alternate: Raju Pandit CHHETRI
Position: Coordinator
Affiliation: LDC Finance Group (Nepal)

Advisers

For board member

Sara Jane AHMED
Mahlet MELKIE
Felipe OSSES

For alternate member

Jeremiah SOKAN
Raju Pandit CHHETRI
Tenzin WANGMO

Hideaki CHOTOKU

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

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

Advisers

For board member

Tetsuji IWAMA
Yukichi USUI
Junya TANAKA
Yukiko YASUDA

For alternate member

Takumi MIYAKAWA
Yusuke YATSU
Taro IRIE
Takuro ITOIGAWA

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

For alternate member

Raphaël OLIVIER
Alexia ORTION
Louise ROUSSEAU
Pierre GOURIOU
Gauthier MESA

Victoria GUNDERSON

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

Alternate: Giulia CHRISTIANSON
Position: Senior Advisor for Climate Finance
Affiliation: Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change; US Department of State (United States)

Advisers

For board member

Anne KOLKER
Benjamin LAWLESS
Abigail DEMOPULOS
Emma KAMB
Lucas ISAKOWITZ
Eli BINDER

For alternate member

Kevin M. ADAMS
Moon HERRICK
Daniel KANDY
Lily HARTZELL

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 of Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

Advisers

For board member

Emma ÅBERG
Monica GULLBERG
Magnus CARNWALL

For alternate member

Jörgen PETTERSSON

Andrew HURST

Position: Executive Director
Affiliation: Climate Finance Division, Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Jonas de MEYER
Position: Senior Adviser,
Affiliation: FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Development Cooperation (Belgium)

Advisers

For board member

Aarsi SAGAR
Stefan INNES
Francois-Philippe DUBE
Vincent BEAUSEJOUR

For alternate member

None

Hans Olav IBREKK

Position: Special Envoy, Climate and Security
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Malin MEYER
Position: Senior adviser
Affiliation: Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)

Advisers

For board member

Ragnhild Marie FALKENBERG VALSTAD
Benedikt HÖSKULDSSON
Emily LOMBARDO
María Erla MARELSDÓTTIR

For alternate member

Peter KALAS

Tae Hoon KIM

Position: Director for Green Climate Policy Division
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
Seoyeon CHOI
Boyoung KIM

For alternate member

ZHANG Daiwei
LI Yixin
LI Jinmiao
HAN Xiaolei
ZHANG Yangxinyi
YAO Wei
ZHANG Ju
FANG Xiaoyuan
LU Ouyang

Alexandra (Sandra) LOUISZOON

Position: Senior Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands (the))
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Tanne Nørgaard JENSEN
Position: Head of Section
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

Advisers

For board member

Lara JACOBY
Pierre OBERLE

For alternate member

Jasmin METZLER
Jimmy SKENDEROVIC

Ramón LÓPEZ

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Business (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

Álvaro García-Rosales SANZ

For alternate member

Daniel COLLINS
David OWENS
Alex LAMB
Julia WIENER
Alison CARLIN

Anna MERRIFIELD

Position: Director, Unit for Climate and Environmental Diplomacy
Affiliation: Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Anne MOULIN
Position: Programme Officer
Affiliation: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Switzerland)

Advisers

For board member

Gabriela BLATTER
Veronika BAGI
Andreas FOSER
Barbara KOVACS
Julien VOLERY
Lucretia LANDMANN
Stefan DENZLER
Carl DUDEK

For alternate member

Johanna PIETIKÄINEN

Mário Gustavo MOTTIN

Position: Counsellor, Head of the Division of Climate Action
Affiliation: Ministry of External Relations (Brazil)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Walter SCHULDT
Position: Director of Environment and Sustainable Development
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (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
Flávio Daniel BARAN
Adriana FARIAS
Antonio Carlos Martinez SANCHES

For alternate member

Natalie PAREJA VANRRELL
Andres CORDOVA
Silvana MONTES DE OCA

Seyni NAFO

Position: Coordinator/Ambassador
Affiliation: Africa Adaptation Initiative (AAI) Technical Support Unit (TSU) (Mali)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African States

Alternate: Zita Kay KASSA WILKS
Position: Advisor to the Gabonese President, National Climate Council
Affiliation: Gabonese Presidency , National Climate Council (Gabon)

Advisers

For board member

Anaelle Farah RAOUMBE DJENDJA

For alternate member

Sandra FREITAS
Kamal DJEMOUAI
Cheick SYLLA

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: Director, Climate Change Programmes Coordination
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kenya)

Advisers

For board member

Richard SHERMAN

For alternate member

Selam Kidane ABEBE

Alejandro SOLANO ORTIZ

Position: Vice Minister, Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (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
Jesus VARGAS SOTO
Agripina JENKINS

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

Annette WINDMEISSER

Position: Head of Division Climate Finance
Affiliation: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Cara-Sophie SCHERF
Position: Advisor
Affiliation: Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Advisers

For board member

Lena Bretas
Simon Stumpf
David Arnold
Alexander Nawrath
Johanna Wolf de Tafur

For alternate member

Hendrikje Reich
Ralph Bodle
Philipp Aepler
Frank Tenfelde

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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.