Organization

Staff Members

Front Office
Name Position Areas of Work
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Adviser to the CEO and Lead, Data and Analytics Division
Malvika Monga Senior Special Assistant to the CEO
Monica Fernandes Senior Executive Assistant
Amanda Olesia Adams Program Assistant
Laura Cenge Program Assistant
Strategy and Operations
Name Position Areas of Work
Claude Gascon Director, Strategy and Operations
Avril Benchimol Dominguez Senior Financial Specialist Blended Finance
Nhu Quynh Phan Senior Program Assistant
Matthew Reddy Senior Private Sector Specialist
Data and Analytics
Name Position Areas of Work
Sonja Sabita Teelucksingh Adviser to the CEO and Lead, Data and Analytics Division
Dikshya Devkota Data Analyst
Naiying Peng Program Officer
General Management
Name Position Areas of Work
Peter Lallas General Manager and Conflict Resolution Commissioner
Christina Bogyo Senior Program Assistant
Noemi Hernandez Rodriguez Borjas Secretary to the GEF Council and Senior Country Officer
Christian Hofer Senior External Affairs Officer
Julienne Kouame Program Coordinator - Human Resources Liaison
Regine Mpoyi Senior Program Assistant
Raul Rodriguez Program Assistant
Robert Schreiber Program Coordinator
Communications
Name Position Areas of Work
Robert Bisset Head of Communications
David Ainsworth Senior External Relations Officer
Olivier Besson Senior Communications Assistant Procurement, Events, Publications, Multimedia
Mariela Chinchilla Araya External Affairs Officer
Nicholas Greenfield Senior External Affairs Officer Climate Change
Jason Harmala External Affairs Officer Website, Newsletter, Publications, Videos
Alua Kennedy Communications Officer Digital Strategy and Solutions, Content Marketing, Website, Social Media
Laura MacInnis Senior Communications Officer Editorial Strategy
Alexandre Pinheiro Rego Senior External Affairs Officer Media Relations
Operations and Policy
Name Position Areas of Work
Jonathan Caldicott Manager, Operations and Policy Division
Wanderson Batista Roldao Operations Officer
Yasemin Biro Kirtman Senior Advisor - Senior Environmental Specialist Policy, Compliance, Conflict Resolution
Cyril Blet Senior Results-based Management Specialist
Daniel Buckley Senior Operations Officer
Mengsha Fu Data Analyst
Hiba Hasan Data Analyst
Liliana Graciela Hisas Consultant
Jihyeon Jeong Senior Operations Officer
Nicolas Marquez Pizzanelli Senior Operations Officer
Ikuko Matsumoto Knowledge and Policy Officer
Omid Parhizkar Operations Officer Results Based Mgmt., Energy and Climate Change
Quynh Phan Senior Financial Officer Financial management, accounting and auditing
Henry Salazar Operations Coordinator
Michaelle Keza Wane Program Analyst
Dou Zhang Data Analyst
Programming
Name Position Areas of Work
Fred Boltz Manager, Programming Division
Ulrich Apel Senior Environmental Specialist Desertification, Land Degradation, Drought
Céline Augereau Coisy Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Glynis Barber Program Assistant Adaptation
Jewel Batchasingh Environmental Specialist
Ines Benabdallah Environmental Specialist
Filippo Berardi Senior Climate Change Specialist and Coordinator, Climate Change Focal Area Climate Change, Non-Grant Instruments, Energy, Climate and Carbon Finance, Environmental & Social Risk, Payment for Environmental Services
Esteban Bermudez Forn Climate Change Specialist
Asha Bobb-Semple Environmental Specialist SIDS Regional Coordinator, Blue and Green Islands IP
Hannah Fairbank Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Kettly Gousse Program Assistant Europe and Central Asia regional team, Commodities IAP, land degradation (UNCCD)
Taylor Henshaw Senior Environmental Specialist
Kholoud Hilaneh Country Relations Officer
Astrid Hillers Senior Environmental Specialist, International Waters Cooperation in Transboundary Waters; Water, Food, Energy, Environment Nexus; Water Quality Management; Groundwater Management; Environmental Security; Climate Change Adaptation
William Holness Carrasco Consultant
Patricia Marcos Huidobro Senior Climate Change Specialist
Andrew Hume Senior Environmental Specialist International Waters Focal Area Coordinator
Saba Kalam Climate Change Specialist
Tahiry Langrand Intern
Wenxin Li Senior Climate Change Specialist
Alla Ljungman Environmental Specialist
Naoko Nakagawa Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Remy Ruat Senior Climate Change Specialist
Jurgis Sapijanskas Senior Biodiversity Specalist
Jean-Marc Sinnassamy Senior Environmental Specialist Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program Lead, Land Degradation cluster, Africa Region, SIDS
Anil Sookdeo Senior Environmental Specialist Chemicals and Waste Coordinator, Asia regional team, Europe and Central Asia regional team, SIDS regional team
Evelyn Swain Senior Environmental Specialist Latin America regional team, SIDS regional team, chemicals
Tigest Tirfe Program Assistant SIDS regional team, Europe and Central Asia regional team, chemicals (BRS), post 2015 framework, SDGs
Daichi Tsuchihashi Senior Financial Specialist
Susan Waithaka Senior Country Relations Officer Sub-Saharan Africa
Sarah Wyatt Senior Biodiversity Specialist Latin America regional team, SIDS regional team, biodiversity, SDGs, Indigenous Peoples
Toshiyuki Yamasaki Senior Environmental Specialist
Seo-Jeong Yoon Policy Officer
Conventions and Funds
Name Position Areas of Work
Chizuru Aoki Manager, Conventions and Funds Division Multilateral Environmental Agreements, GEF family of funds, climate finance
Tshewang Dorji Senior Climate Change Specialist
Eli Marie Hindahl Junior Professional Officer
Juan Pablo Hoffmaister Senior Climate Change Specialist Climate Resilience, Adaptation, Multilateral Finance
Olusola Ikuforiji Climate Change Specialist
Sumeet Kaur Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Ladu Lemi Climate Change Specialist
Rawleston Moore Senior Climate Change Specialist
Razan Nimir Operations Analyst
Esther Pormes Senior Program Assistant Climate Change Adaptation
Yuki Shiga Environmental Specialist
Benjamin Singer Senior Biodiversity Specialist
Jason Spensley Senior Climate Change Specialist
Katsumasa Tanaka Junior Professional Officer
Partnerships
Name Position Areas of Work
Adriana Goncalves Moreira Lead, Partnerships Division
Verona Collantes Senior Gender Specialist
Tania Eulalia Martinez Cruz Operations Analyst
Gabriella Richardson Temm Senior Operations Officer Gender and Social Issues
Uxue Urteaga Partnership Analyst Gender
Integration and Knowledge
Name Position Areas of Work
Mohamed Bakarr Manager, Integration and Knowledge Division
Aloke Barnwal Thematic Lead, Urban and Infrastructure
Mia Callenberg Environmental Specialist Integrated Programs Coordination, Sustainable Cities, Urban Systems, Africa Regional Team
Emanuella Maria Fernandes Dougherty Senior Learning Officer
Jenner Guzman Senior KM Specialist
Teayeon Kim Environmental Specialist Asia Regional Team, Blended Finance, Integrated Programs Coordination, Sustainable Forest Management
Pascal Martinez Senior Climate Change Specialist
Peter Umunay Thematic Lead, Food Systems and Land Use Food Systems Integrated Program, Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation, Land Degradation
Hejing Xu Junior Professional Associate