GEF Council

Constituency Council Member Alternate
Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen

Mr. Maher Abdelrahim

Head of Division - World Bank Division, International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
Amman
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Tel: +962 6 4644466 ext 644
Fax: +962 6 4611669
Email: maher.abdelrahim[a t ]mop.gov.jo
Date of Appointment: May, 2023
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine

Dr. Aliona Rusnac

State Secretary
Ministry of Environment
BVD Stefan Cel Marie 162
Chisinau 2004
Republic of Moldova
Tel: +37322 204564
Email: aliona.rusnac at mediu.gov.md; cara_aliona at yahoo.com; paula.tatamirov at mediu.gov.md
Date of Appointment: Dec, 2024

Mr. Betim Lamallari

State Advisor for Investments
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
Square "Presveta Bogorodica" no. 3
Skopje 1000
North Macedonia
Tel: +389 2 3251 403
Email: b.lamallari(AT) moepp.gov.mk b.lamallari(AT) moepp.gov.mk
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Mr. Omar Sharif

University of Sabha Staff
Ministry of Environment
Sabha
Libya
Tel: +218928165010
Email: omarsharif(a t )environment.gov.ly; sharif.omar300(a t )gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Jul, 2024

Mr. Rachid Firadi

Director of Cooperation, Partnership, and Communication
Ministry of Energy, Transportation, and Sustainable Development
Department of Sustainable Development 09 Avennue El Araar, Secteur 16, Hay Riyad
Rabat 10100
Morocco
Tel: +212537576637
Fax: +2125376638
Email: firadi(A T)environnement.gov.ma; r.firadi21(A T)gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Jul, 2024
Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ms. Qongqong Hoohlo

Acting Director- Department of Environment
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture
6th Floor Post Office Building, PO Box 10993
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Tel: + 26622320534
Fax: +25522311139
Email: qongqong.hoohlo[a t ]gov.ls; qhoohlo[a t ]gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Dec, 2023

Mr. Evans Njewa

Chief Environmental Officer
Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change
Private Bag 394, Lilongwe 3
Lilongwe
Malawi
Tel:
Email: evansnjewa(A T)gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024
Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago

Ms. Samanthia Justin

Chief Technical Officer
Department of Sustainable Development - Ministry of Education
Georgiana Court, John Compton Highway
Castries
Saint Lucia
Tel: +1-758 468 5850
Email: sajustin11[a t ]gmail.com; sajustin[a t ]gosl.gov.lc
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2023

Mrs. Janeel Miller-Findlay

Director, Sustainable Development Unit
Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development & Culture
Administrative Complex, Bay Street
Kingstown VC0100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tel: +1784 485 6992
Email: svgenvprojects at gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2023
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Mr. Mauricio Gonzales

Head of the General Office for Cooperation and International Affairs
Ministry of Environment
Av. Antonio Miroquesada 425 -Magdalena del Mar
Lima 5076
Peru
Tel: +51 1 611 6000 ext. 1430
Email: mgonzales(a t )minam.gob.pe; achang(a t )minam.gob.pe; yvillanueva(a t )minam.gob.pe
Date of Appointment: Feb, 2025

Mrs. Lilian Elizabeth Portillo de Gonzalez

Directora de Planificcion Estrategica
Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
Madame Lynch 3500 Casi Reservistas de la Guerra del Chaco
Asuncion 1525
Paraguay
Tel: +595981454664
Email: lilian.portillo(A T)mades.gov.py; portillo.lilian.mades(A T)gmail.com; dpe.mades(A T)gmail.com; dpe(A T)mades.gov.py
Date of Appointment: Feb, 2025
Armenia, Belarus, Russian Federation

Ms. Ruzanna Grigoryan

Head of International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Nature Protection
3rd Government Building, Republic Square
Yerevan 0010
Republic of Armenia
Tel: +34711 818 513/ +34711 818510
Fax: +34711 818 506
Email: interproject(a t )env.am; ruzanna.grigoryan(a t )env.am; min_ecology(a t )env.am
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2023
Australia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea

Mr. Richard Bontjer

Director
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
44 Sydney Avenue, Forrest
Canberra, ACT 2603
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6261 1843
Email: richard.bontjer(AT) dfat.gov.au; mary.powter(AT) dfat.gov.au; lauren.roccisano(AT) dfat.gov.au
Date of Appointment: Oct, 2020

Ms. Andrea Stewart

Senior Adviser
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, International Development Group (IDG)
195 Lambton Quay
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 439 8368
Fax: 011 64 4 439 8517
Email: andrea.stewart[a t ]mfat.govt.nz; james.brennan[a t ]mfat.govt.nz
Date of Appointment: Oct, 2022
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Türkiye

Ms. Victoria Schreitter



Austria
Tel:
Email: barbara.knapic(a t )gov.si; corentin.genin(a t )diplobel.fed.be
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024

Mr. Michal Pastvinsky

Director of the Department of International Relations and Deputy Director-General for Environmental Protection
Ministry of the Environment
Vrtovicka 65
Praha 10 100 10
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 267 122 838
Email: michal.pastvinsky(at)mzp.gov.cz
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2025
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Ms. Gabriela Blatter

Principle Policy Advisor International Environment Finance
Federal Office for the Environment
Berne, BE CH-3003
Switzerland
Tel: +41 58 464 08 33
Fax: +41 58 463 03 49
Email: gabriela.blatter(a t )bafu.admin.ch; lucretia.landmann(a t )bafu.admin.ch
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2021

Dr. André Wehrli

Senior Policy Advisor
Switzerland - Federal Department of Foreign Affairs,
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Freiburgstrasse 130
Berne, Berne 3003
Switzerland
Tel: +41 58 462 33 59
Email: andre.wehrli(at)eda.admin.ch
Date of Appointment: May, 2023
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Mr. Parameswaran Iyer

India- Council Member for the GEF
The World Bank
Executive Director, EDS12 1818 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20433
USA
Tel: +1 202 458 1046 Ext: 81046
Email: piyer[a t ]worldbank.org; adas4[a t ]worldbank.org
Date of Appointment: May, 2023
Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Mrs. Ahou Sosthène Larissa Kouadio

Conseiller Technique
Ministere des Finances et du Budget
Immeuble SCIAM, 19eme Etage, BP V 163
Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: +225 07 79 55 17 22
Email: slarissa.kouadio at gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024

Mr. Isaac Charles Acquah Jnr.

Chief Programme Officer
Environmental Protection Agency
Ministries Post Office, P.O. Box M326
Accra, Greater Accra Region M326
Ghana
Tel: +233206844092
Fax: : +233 32 662690
Email: icacquah(at)hotmail.com; icacquah2012(at)gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador

Ms. Luciana Melchert Saguas Presas

Head of the Environmental Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Palacio do Itamaraty
Brasilia, DF 70170-900
Brazil
Tel: +55 61 2030 5438
Email: luciana.melchert(at)itamaraty.gov.br; dipas(at)itamaraty.gov.br
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2025
Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Gambia

Mr. Dawda Badgie

Executive Director
National Environment Agency
Gambia Environment House, Jimpex Road Kanifing
Banjul
The Gambia
Tel: +220 4399423/ 4399425
Fax: +220 4399430
Email: dawda.badgie(a t )nea.gm; badgiedawda(a t )gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024

Mr. Pamoussa Ouedraogo

Point Focal Opérationnel du Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial (FEM)
Secrétaire Permanent du Conseil National pour le Développement Durable (SP/CNDD)
BP 6486
Ougadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 70 26 47 20
Email: ouedpams(A T)yahoo.fr
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024
Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe

Mr. Darnel Helio De Sousa Baia

Chemical Engineer
Directorate General for Environment and Climate Action
Avenida Kwamne Nkrumah Ponta Mina
Sao Tome 1023
Sao Tome and Principe
Tel:
Email: darnelbaia(a t )sapo.pt
Date of Appointment: Feb, 2023
Cambodia, Korea DPR, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam

Mr. Navann Ouk

Deputy Director General
Ministry of Environment
Morodok Techo Building (Lot 503), Tonle Bassac, Chamkarmon
Phnom Penh 855
Cambodia
Tel: +855 11 845845
Email: ouk.navan[a t ]moe.gov.kh; navanouk[a t ]gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024

Ms. Phakkavanh Phissamay

Director General, Department of Planning and Finance
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Vientiane 010
Lao PDR
Tel: +856 20 22228763
Email: phakkavanh.p(AT) laoepf.org.la; phak.phissamay(AT) gmail.com; bounpakone2020(AT) gmail.com; anouty888(AT) gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024
Canada

Ms. Cam Do

Director General
Global Affairs Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Otawa, Ontario K0A 0G2
Canada
Tel:
Email: cam.do(a t )international.gc.ca; melanie.chenier(a t )international.gc.ca; catherine.potvin(a t )international.gc.ca; christine.martel-fleming(a t )international.gc.ca; ebru.gurbuzer(a t )international.gc.ca; celine.heinbecker(a t )international.gc.ca
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2024

Mr. Garth Ehrhadt

Director, Climate Finance and Partnerships
Environment and Climate Change Canada
125 Zaida Eddy Pvt
Ottawa, Ontario K1R0E3
Canada
Tel:
Email: garth.ehrhardt[a t ]ec.gc.ca; rebecca.niezen[a t ]ec.gc.ca; jill.guerra[a t ]ec.gc.ca; kelly.sharp[a t ]ec.gc.ca
Date of Appointment: Dec, 2024
China
Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Ms. Juliet Kabera

Director General
Rwanda Environment Management
P.O. Box 7436 Kacyiru
Kigali
Rwanda
Tel: +250 252580101
Fax: +250252580017
Email: jkabera(A T)rema.gov.rw
Date of Appointment: Jun, 2022
Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Ambassador Filipo Tarakinikini

Ambassador
Republic of Fiji
877 Hungry Harbor Rd.
Valley Stream, New York 11581
USA
Tel: +516582 3341
Email: ftarakinikini[a t ]fijiprun.org
Date of Appointment: May, 2024

Ms. Pepetua Latasi

Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment
Government Building, Vaiaku
Funafuti
Tuvalu
Tel: +688 20175
Email: platasi(A T)gov.tv
Date of Appointment: Mar, 2025
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela

Ms. Regina Rosales Talamas

General Director of International Fora and Sustainable Finance
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Insurgentes Sur No. 1971, Torre III, Piso 3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón
Mexico 01020
Mexico
Tel: +52 55 3688 1873
Email: regina_rosales(AT) hacienda.gob.mx; mexico_gef(AT) hacienda.gob.mx; silvia_gamboa(AT) hacienda.gob.mx
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2025

Ms. Enid Chaverri Tapia

GEF Operational Focal Point/Director of International Cooperation
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Barrio González Lahmann
San José, San José 10104
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 21068551
Email: echaverri at minae.go.cr
Date of Appointment: May, 2024
Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway

Mr. Jonas Volden Weltan

Senior Advisor
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7, Juniplassen 1 / Victoria Terrasse 7
Oslo N-0251
Norway
Tel: +47 23951189
Email: jonas.volden.weltan(a t )mfa.no; lauren.celine.naville.gisnas(a t )norad.no; lagi(a t )norad.no; lauren.c.gisnas(a t )norad.no; astrid-forberg.ryan(a t )kld.dep.no
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024

Ms. Emilie Wieben

Chief Advisor, Dept. for Green Diplomacy and Climate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Asiatisk Plads 2
Copenhagen K 1448
Denmark
Tel:
Email: emiwie(A T)um.dk; kanrl(A T)mim.dk; lenvei(A T)um.dk
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024
Estonia, Finland, Netherlands

Ms. Wampie Libon

Director inclusive Green Growth, Ambassador Sustainable Development, Arctic Ambassador
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rijnstraat 8
The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 116 17 315
Email: wampie.libon[a t ]minbuza.nl; aj.louiszoon[a t ]minbuza.nl; igg[a t ]minbuza.nl; ivo.de.zwaan[a t ]minienw.nl
Date of Appointment: Oct, 2024

Ms. Laura Rajaniemi

Deputy Head of Unit
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Laivastokatu 22
Helsinki 00160
Finland
Tel: +358 02 95350873
Email: laura.rajaniemi(A T)gov.fi; saija.vuola(A T)gov.fi; jaakko.valjus(A T)gov.fi
Date of Appointment: Oct, 2024
France

Mr. Stephane Cieniewski

Senior Advisor for Climate and Environment
French Ministry for Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
139 Rue de Bercy
Paris 75012
France
Tel: +33 1 44 87 78 43
Email: stephane.cieniewski(AT) dgtresor.gouv.fr; bouziges-eschmanns(AT) afd.fr; agathe.brecheteau(AT) dgtresor.gouv.fr; adrien.bolgert(AT) diplomatie.gouv.fr
Date of Appointment: Jun, 2023

Mrs. Stephanie Bouziges-Eschmann

Secretary General
French Facility for Global Environment (FEM)
5 Rue Roland Barthes
Paris 12 75598
France
Tel: +33 1 53 44 48 91
Email: bouziges-eschmanns(a t )afd.fr
Date of Appointment: Sep, 2018
Germany

Mrs. Annette Windmeisser

Head of Climate Finance Division
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Stresemannstrabe 94
Berlin 10963
Germany
Tel:
Email: annette.windmeisser(A T)bmz.bund.de; jan.wilscher(A T)giz.de; nicolas.gundlach(A T)bmz.bund.de; judith.spieth(A T)giz.de
Date of Appointment: Jun, 2021

Mr. Nicolas Schaefstoss

Head of Division
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Germany
Stresemannstr. 128-130
Berlin 10117
Germany
Tel: +49 30 18305 4210
Email: nicolas.schaefstoss at bmuv.bund.de; Yvonne.lindenlaub at bmuv.bund.de
Date of Appointment: Nov, 2022
Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain

Mr. Ramón López Pérez

Adviser
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation
Madrid 28014
Spain
Tel: +34 916038173
Email: rlopez(a t )economia.gob.es
Date of Appointment: Jun, 2023

Mr. Ronan O'Reilly

Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
29-31 Adelaide Road
Dublin D02X285
Ireland
Tel:
Email: ronan.oreilly at decc.gov.ie
Date of Appointment: Nov, 2024
Iran

Mr. Gholamhossein Darzi

Director General For International Environment and Sustainable Development Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
8th West Bldg. Kooshk Mesri St., Ferdowsi Ave.
Tehran
Iran
Tel: +98 21 61154475
Email: gdarzi at yahoo.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024
Italy

Ms. Gisella Berardi

Deputy Director, Global Public Goods Office, International Financial Relations Directorate
Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Department of Treasury
Via XX Settembre 97
Rome 00187
Italy
Tel: +39 06 476141
Email: gisella.berardi(A T)mef.gov.it
Date of Appointment: Nov, 2021

Mr. Vittorio Sebastiani

Advisor, Global Public Goods Office, International Financial Relations Directorate
Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Department of Treasury
Via XX Settembre 97
Rome 00187
Italy
Tel: +39 06 4761 0370
Email: vittorio.sebastiani(a t )mef.gov.it
Date of Appointment: May, 2024
Japan

Mr. Tsuyoshi Hyokai

Director for Climate Change and Environmental Issues, International Bureau
Ministry of Finance
3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100-8940
Japan
Tel: +81 3 3581 4209
Email: tsuyoshi.hyokai(A T)mof.go.jp; takuro.itoigawa(A T)mof.go.jp; yusuke.yatsu(A T)mof.go.jp; taro.irie(A T)mof.go.jp
Date of Appointment: Jul, 2023

Ms. Yoko Yamoto

Deputy Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo 100-8919
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5501 8245
Fax: +81 3 5501 8244
Email: yoko.yamoto-2[a t ]mofa.go.jp; hiroki.sawamura[a t ]mofa.go.jp; naomi_inoue[a t ]env.go.jp; itsuki_kuroda[a t ]env.go.jp; taeko_takahashi[a t ]env.go.jp; moeko_yoshitomi[a t ]env.go.jp
Date of Appointment: Mar, 2023
Sweden

Mr. Anders Arvidsson

Senior Adviser
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Fredsgatan 6
Stockholm SE- 103 33
Sweden
Tel: +46 0 8 405 41 43
Email: anders.arvidsson(at)gov.se
Date of Appointment: Sep, 2024

Ms. Andrea Josephson

Desk Officer
Ministry of the Environment
Fredsgatan 6
Stockholm SE-103-33
Sweden
Tel: +468 405 88 77
Email: andrea.josephson(at)regeringskansliet.se
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2021
United Kingdom

Mr. Ben Green

Senior Responsible Officer for GEF
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride
Glasgow, Scotland G758EA
The United Kingdom
Tel: +07990 783968
Email: ben.green1(at)fcdo.gov.uk; charlie.makin(at)defra.gov.uk; simon.jeavons(at)fcdo.gov.uk; aliya.alikhanbayova(at)fcdo.gov.uk
Date of Appointment: May, 2019

Mr. Kevin Gardner

Policy Adviser
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A2AH
The United Kingdom
Tel:
Email: kevin.gardner(A T)fcdo.gov.uk
Date of Appointment: Nov, 2024
United States

Ms. Abigail Demopulos

U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
United States
Tel:
Email: abigail.demopulos(at)treasury.gov; eli.binder(at)treasury.gov
Date of Appointment: Jun, 2022

Mr. John Thompson

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Environmental Quality and Transboundary Issues, 2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
United States
Tel:
Email: thompsonje2 at state.gov; ideTS at state.gov; bigda-peytonH at state.gov; chengL at state.gov
Date of Appointment: Mar, 2025