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

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: Department for Multilateral Development Banks, Sustainability and Climate, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

Advisers

For board member

Monica GULLBERG
Sinéad BARCK
Kajsa NÅTBY
Clara SCHULTZ

For alternate member

Jörgen PETTERSSON

Co-Chair

Seyni NAFO

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

Alternate: Balisi GOPOLANG
Position: Climate Change Coordinator
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Tourism (Botswana)

Advisers

For board member

Sandra FREITAS
Kamal DJEMOUAI
Mohamed NASR
Richard SHERMAN
Monica SCHLOTTAU
Laurel PARISH

For alternate member

Kulthoum MOTSUMI
Fatuma HUSSEIN
Lesego MOLAPISI-CONRAD

Antwi-Boasiako AMOAH

Position: Director, Climate Vulnerability and adaptation
Affiliation: Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana (Ghana)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African states

Alternate: Bob NATIFU
Position: Deputy Commissioner climate change
Affiliation: Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

Advisers

For board member

Veronica Alorm AMISSAH-AIDOO
Foster Aboagye GYAMFI
Samuel OTOO

For alternate member

Soha BENCHEKROUN
Joab OKANDA
Selamawit Desta WUBET

Mohammad AYOUB

Position: Senior Expert - Climate Policy and Negotiations
Affiliation: Ministry of Energy (Saudi Arabia)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Do Ik KIM
Position: Director, Green Climate Policy Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance of Korea (Republic of Korea (the))

Advisers

For board member

Hashem HAMAWI
Indrajit BOSE

For alternate member

Suho Lee
Boyoung Kim
Yohan Kim

Kobi BENTLEY

Position: Deputy Director, Climate and Nature Finance Dept. Energy and Climate Directorate
Affiliation: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (United Kingdom)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Salka SIGURDARDOTTIR
Position: Head of Climate Multilaterals
Affiliation: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (United Kingdom)

Advisers

For board member

Jena CROSSAN
Rob ELSWORTH
Jan WIMALADHARMA
David RENSHAW
Fiona COUGHLAN
Tom JACKSON
Will ECKERSLEY

For alternate member

Edward WEBBER
Caitlin MCDONALD
Sultana BASHIR
Fiona CURRIE

Gisella BERARDI

Position: Deputy Director
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy and Finance (Italy)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Valeria ZIMEI
Position: Environmental and Climate Finance Specialist, European and International Affairs and Sustainable Finance Directorate
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (Italy)

Advisers

For board member

Vittorio SEBASTIANI

For alternate member

Catarina SOUSA

Isatou F CAMARA

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

Alternate: Sindhu Prasad DHUNGANA
Position: Joint Secretary
Affiliation: Ministry of Forests and Environment (Nepal)

Advisers

For board member

Sara Jane AHMED
Mahlet MELKIE
Felipe OSSES

For alternate member

Raju PANDIT CHHETRI
Tenzin WANGMO

Stéphane CIENIEWSKI

Position: Senior Adviser on Environment and Climate
Affiliation: French Treasury (France)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Anne KMETY
Position: Deputy Head of Unit, Multilateral Development and Climate Finance
Affiliation: French Treasury (France)

Advisers

For board member

Adrien BOLGERT

For alternate member

Antoine BERGEROT
Louise ROUSSEAU
Raphaël OLIVIER
Pierre GOURIOU
Gauthier MESA

Jose DELGADO

Position: Senior Climate Policy Advisor and Head of Green Budgeting
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Austria)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Richard BONTJER
Position: Director, Climate and Environment Diplomacy Branch
Affiliation: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

Advisers

For board member

Wolfgang DIERNHOFER

For alternate member

Brian SON
Lauren PATMORE

Javier Antonio GUTIERREZ RAMIREZ

Position: Minister
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Nicaragua)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean Countries

Alternate: Rochelle NEWBOLD
Position: Director of Climate Change & Environmental Advisory Unit
Affiliation: Office of the Prime Minister (Bahamas)

Advisers

For board member

Luis CERDA
Oscar Eduardo POLANCO REYNOSO
Julio Ceferino SANTARÉN SUÁREZ
Camila RODRIGUEZ
Melisa GUZMAN
Ivan Marcell CRUZ BURGOS

For alternate member

Rowena TOLENTINO

Andrew HURST

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

Alternate: Jonas DE MEYER
Position: Senior Advisor,
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

Ouafae SALMI

Hans Olav IBREKK

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

Alternate: Gard LINDSETH
Position: Senior Adviser
Affiliation: Ministry of Climate and Environment (Norway)

Advisers

For board member

Mads Halfdan LIE
Ragnhild Marie Falkenberg VALSTAD
María Erla MARELSDÓTTIR

For alternate member

Mariamalia JIMÉNEZ COTO

Position: Chief of Staff of the Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Costa Rica)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Lina María CASTAÑO LUJÁN
Position: Climate Finance, Technical Lead
Affiliation: National Planning Dept (Colombia)

Advisers

For board member

Agripina JENKINS ROJAS
Jesus VARGAS SOTO

For alternate member

Lucas APPARCEL

Haiyang LI

Position: Department of International Economic and Financial Cooperation
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (China)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Asia-Pacific States

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

Advisers

For board member

Lu OUYANG
Daiwei ZHANG
Min TIAN
Jiangnan QIAN

For alternate member

Megan BARTE
Rachel Anne HERRERA
John NARAG
Donalyn MINIMO
Stephanie Anne HILARIO
Carlyn DIAZ

Ramón LÓPEZ

Position: Senior Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Business (Spain)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Gillian NAUGHTON MURPHY
Position: Senior Policy Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Ireland)

Advisers

For board member

Nuria Maria BUISAN PRIETO
Maria Celia BUENO LAVIÑA

For alternate member

David OWENS
Daniel COLLINS
Alison CARLIN

Sandra LOUISZOON

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

Alternate: Maja Elisabeth SVANKJAER THAGAARD
Position: Chief Advisor
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

Advisers

For board member

Jimmy SKENDEROVIC
Lara JACOBY
Pierre OBERLE
Benjamin QUESTIER

For alternate member

Jakob TVEDE
Simon WANDEL-PETERSEN

Hiroki MATSUI

Position: Director for Climate Change Division, International Cooperation Bureau
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Representation: Developed Country Parties

Alternate: Masayuki NAKAMURA
Position: Deputy Director for Development Policy Division
Affiliation: Ministry of Finance (Japan)

Advisers

For board member

Masato OKABAYASHI
Yukichi USUI
Yukiko YASUDA
Takuya NOMOTO
Tomomi TSUKAKOSHI
Satoshi IKOMA
Mariko WATANABE
Noe SHIMOJO

For alternate member

Tsuyoshi HYOKAI
Mami ISHIKAWA
Yoshino KASAI

Anna MERRIFIELD

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

Alternate: Anne MOULIN
Position: Senior Policy Adviser
Affiliation: Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (Switzerland)

Advisers

For board member

Saana AHONEN
Johanna PIETIKAINEN
Carl DUDEK
Veronika BAGI

For alternate member

Stefan DENZLER
Julien VOLERY
Laura EITZINGER
Lucretia LANDMANN

Nabeel MUNIR

Position: Special Secretary (United Nations)/Ambassador
Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Asia-Pacific States

Alternate: Arman KASSENOV
Position: Vice minister
Affiliation: National Economy (Kazakhstan)

Advisers

For board member

Hafiza Humaira JAVAID
Ali WAQAS MALIK
Danyal HASNAIN
Muhammad Shahsawar SHAREEF

For alternate member

Shattyk TASTEMIROVA

Pacifica F. OGOLA

Position: Director, Climate Change Programmes Coordination
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Kenya)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the African States

Alternate: Hamid Abakar SOULEYMANE
Position: Lead Negotiator, Chad and Climate Change and Meteorology Expert
Affiliation: Ministry of Transports, Civil Aviation and of the National Meteorology (Chad)

Advisers

For board member

Xolisa NGWADLA

For alternate member

Mamadou HONADIA
Mbodou Mahamat AHMAT
Fadhel KABOUB

Maria Fernanda SOUZA

Position: Director, Climate Change Directorate
Affiliation: Ministry of Environment (Uruguay)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from the Latin American and the Caribbean States

Alternate: Vacant
Position
Affiliation

Advisers

For board member

Maria Julia LARDONE
Judith TORRES

For alternate member

Flavio BARAN
Vinicius BARBOSA SALLES DE AZEREDO
Joan Frederick FERREIRA FRANCA

Nino TANDILASHVILI

Position: First Deputy Minister
Affiliation: Ministry 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: Evans Njewa
Position: Former Deputy Director of Environmental Affairs Department
Affiliation: (Malawi)

Advisers

For board member

Lasha INAURI

For alternate member

Brenda MWALE
Patricia Roy AKULLO
Shaila MAHMUD
Veronica Nonhlanhla JAKARASI

Teuea TOATU

Position: Vice President of Kiribati
Affiliation: (Kiribati)
Representation: Developing Country Parties from Small Island Developing States

Alternate: Amjad ABDULLA
Position: Director General, Climate Change Department
Affiliation: Ministry of Climate Change (Maldives)

Advisers

For board member

Koin Uriam KIRITIONE
Choi Being YEETING
Teneke BARENABA KIRATA
Maaman LOAKIM

For alternate member

Thibyan IBRAHIM

Annette WINDMEISSER

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

Alternate: Mareike WELL
Position: Senior Policy Officer
Affiliation: Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Advisers

For board member

Leo KRÄMER
Alexander NAWRATH
David ARNOLD
Lena BRETAS

For alternate member

Hendrikje REICH