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Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility

Lawyer by profession, politician by choice, and conservationist at heart, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez was elected as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility by its governing body, the GEF Council, in June 2020. He will start on September 1, 2020.

Name	Position	Area of expertise
Rodríguez, Carlos Manuel	GEF CEO and Chairperson

GEF Secretariat - Front Office
Name	Position	Area of expertise
Abdel-Rahman Ali Ahmed Shulli, Abir	Resource Management Officer
Besson, Olivier	Senior Program Assistant	Design, Communications, Contracting, Procurement, Web Maintenance, Events
Bisset, Robert	Head of Communications	Communications
Harmala, Jason	Web Producer Consultant
Hofer, Christian	Senior Communications Officer	Publications, Multimedia, Events
Kennedy, Alua	Communications Officer	Communications
Kouame, Julienne	Program Analyst - Human Resources Liaison
Lallas, Peter	Adviser to CEO / Conflict Resolution Commissioner
MacInnis, Laura	Senior Communications Officer
Monga, Malvika	Special Assistant to the CEO
Pormes, Esther	Senior Executive Assistant

GEF Secretariat - Policy, Partnerships, and Operations Unit
Name	Position	Area of expertise
Clottes, Françoise	Director of Strategy and Operations
Ridolfi, Paola	Manager of Strategy and Operations
Adams, Amanda Olesia	Program Assistant
Biro Kirtman, Yasemin	Knowledge Management Coordinator	Knowledge Management, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization
Blet, Cyril	Senior Results-based Management Specialist
Bogyo, Christina	Senior Program Assistant
Caldicott, Jonathan	Senior Policy Officer
Ehlers, William Ernest	Country Relations Coordinator / Secretary to the Council	Country Relations: Latin America & Caribbean
Kononen, Minna	Country Relations Officer	South/East Asia, Pacific Islands
Krushelnytska, Olha	Operations Officer	Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Marquez Pizzanelli, Nicolas	Operations Analyst	Country Support Program
Matsumoto, Ikuko	Knowledge and Policy Officer
Mpoyi, Regine	Program Assistant
Nazneen, Akila	Senior Financial Assistant
Parhizkar, Omid	Operations Officer	Results Based Mgmt., Energy and Climate Change
Peng, Naiying	Operations Analyst
Phan, Quynh	Senior Financial Officer	Financial management, accounting and auditing
Richardson Temm, Gabriella	Senior Operations Officer	Gender and Social Issues
Salazar, Henry	Operations Coordinator
Schreiber, Robert	Program Coordinator	Country Support Program
Teelucksingh, Sonja	Senior Environmental Specialist
Waithaka, Susan Wangui Matindi	Country Relations Officer	Sub-Saharan Africa
Wane, Michaelle Keza	Program Analyst
Yoon, Seo-Jeong	Policy Officer

GEF Secretariat - Programs Unit
Name	Position	Area of expertise
Fonseca, Gustavo Alberto	Director of Programs
Gascon, Claude	Manager of Programs
Aoki, Chizuru	Lead Environmental Specialist for the GEF Programming Unit and Manager of the CBIT Trust Fund	Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), Climate Change Policy and Finance, SDGs
Apel, Ulrich	Senior Environmental Specialist	Europe and Central Asia Regional Coordinator, Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator, SFM/REDD+
Bakarr, Mohamed	Lead Environmental Specialist	Strategic Programming Initiatives (IAPs and Major Programs), STAP Liaison
Barber, Glynis	Program Assistant	Adaptation
Barnwal, Aloke	Senior Climate Change Specialist	Sustainable Cities, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Asia Regional Team
Benchimol, Avril	Senior Financial Specialist	Blended Finance
Berardi, Filippo	Senior Climate Change Specialist	Climate Change, Non-Grant Instruments, Energy, Climate and Carbon Finance, Environmental & Social Risk, Payment for Environmental Services
Bobb-Semple, Asha	Operations Analyst	SIDS regional team, IAPs, Land Degradation
Callenberg, Mia	Junior Professional Officer
Dorji, Tshewang	Climate Change Specialist
Fairbank, Hannah	Senior Biodiversity Specialist	Asia Regional Coordinator and Sr. Biodiversity Specialist
Fernandes, Monica	Senior Program Assistant	Asia regional team, Sustainable Cities IAP, climate change (UNFCCC), post 2015 framework, SDGs
Goncalves Moreira, Adriana	Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Gonzalez Vasquez, Milena	Climate Change Specialist	Latin America regional team, Climate change mitigation
Gousse, Kettly	Program Assistant	Europe and Central Asia regional team, Commodities IAP, land degradation (UNCCD)
Hansen, Steffen	Environmental Specialist	Europe and Central Asia regional team, international waters
Hartman, Paul	Senior Environmental Specialist	Commodities IAP, Sustainable Forest Management, Asia regional team
Hillers, Astrid	Senior Environmental Specialist, International Waters	Cooperation in Transboundary Waters; Water, Food, Energy, Environment Nexus; Water Quality Management; Groundwater Management; Environmental Security; Climate Change Adaptation
Iqbal, Fareeha	Senior Climate Change Specialist	Regional Coordinator for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), climate change adaptation
Karrer, Leah	Senior Environmental Specialist	Asia regional team, international waters
Kim, Teayeon	Junior Professional Officer	Asia Regional Team, IAPs Results Management, Sustainable Forest Management
Kuang-Idba, Katya	Climate Change Specialist	Climate change adaptation
Martinez, Pascal	Senior Climate Change Specialist	Africa regional team, Latin America regional team, Climate change mitigation, Sustainable Forest Management
Phan, Nhu Quynh	Senior Program Assistant	Asia regional team, CFI Program
Reddy, Matthew	Senior Private Sector Specialist
Sapijanskas, Jurgis	Senior Biodiversity Specalist
Severin, Christian	Senior Environmental Specialist	International Waters Coordinator, Latin America regional team, SIDS regional team
Shiga, Yuki	Environmental Specialist
Sinnassamy, Jean-Marc	Senior Environmental Specialist	Africa regional team, SIDS regional team, SFM, land degradation, Food Security IAP Lead
Sookdeo, Anil	Senior Environmental Specialist	Chemicals and Waste Coordinator, Asia regional team, Europe and Central Asia regional team, SIDS regional team
Sow, Ibrahima	Senior Environmental Specialist	Africa Regional Coordinator, chemicals and waste
Spensley, Jason	Senior Climate Change Specialist
Swain, Evelyn	Senior Environmental Specialist	Latin America regional team, SIDS regional team, chemicals
Tirfe, Tigest	Program Assistant	SIDS regional team, Europe and Central Asia regional team, chemicals (BRS), post 2015 framework, SDGs
Wyatt, Sarah	Environmental Specialist	Latin America regional team, SIDS regional team, biodiversity, SDGs, Indigenous Peoples
Yang, Ming	Senior Climate Change Specialist	Asia regional team, Africa regional team, Europe and Central Asia regional team, climate change mitigation
Yoshida, Satoshi	Senior Environmental Specialist	Climate change mitigation, chemicals and waste
Zimsky, Mark	Senior Biodiversity Specialist	Latin America Regional Coordinator, Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator