Staff Members
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Procurement, Events |
| Raul Rodriguez | Program Assistant | |
| Valeria Elizabeth Rodriguez Vega | Intern | |
| Robert Schreiber | Program Coordinator |
| Name | Position | Areas of Work |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Bisset | Head of Communications | |
| David Ainsworth | Senior Communications Officer | |
| Olivier Besson | Communications Associate | Procurement, Events, Publications, Multimedia |
| Mariela Chinchilla Araya | Communications Officer | |
| Nicholas Greenfield | Senior Communications Officer | Climate Change |
| Jason Harmala | Communications Officer | Website, Newsletter, Publications, Videos |
| Alua Kennedy | Communications Officer | Digital Strategy and Solutions, Content Marketing, Website, Social Media |
| Laura MacInnis | Senior Communications Officer | Deputy Head of Communications |
| Alexandre Pinheiro Rego | Senior Communications Officer | Media Relations |
| 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 | |
| Quynh Phan | Senior Financial Officer | Financial management, accounting and auditing |
| Henry Salazar | Operations Coordinator | |
| Michaelle Keza Wane | Program Analyst |
| 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 | |
| Tasila Banda | 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 | Land Degradation, 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 |
| Patricia Marcos Huidobro | Senior Climate Change Specialist | |
| Andrew Hume | Senior Environmental Specialist | International Waters Focal Area Coordinator |
| Saba Kalam | Climate Change Specialist | |
| Itsuki Kuroda | Senior Environmental Specialist | |
| Tahiry Langrand | Intern | |
| Wenxin Li | Senior Climate Change Specialist | |
| Alla Ljungman | Environmental 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 |
| Jonky Tenou | Senior Environmental Specialist | |
| 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 |
| Seo-Jeong Yoon | Policy Officer | |
| Dou Zhang | Programming Officer |
| 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 | |
| Nurgul Irsalieva | Senior Program Assistant | |
| Ravi Janjwadia | Data Analyst | |
| Sumeet Kaur | Senior Biodiversity Specialist | |
| Ladu Lemi | Climate Change Specialist | |
| Rawleston Moore | Senior Climate Change Specialist | |
| Razan Nimir | Biodiversity Specialist | |
| Esther Pormes | Senior Program Assistant | Climate Change Adaptation |
| Benjamin Singer | Senior Biodiversity Specialist | |
| Jason Spensley | Senior Climate Change Specialist | |
| Katsumasa Tanaka | Junior Professional Officer |
| Name | Position | Areas of Work |
|---|---|---|
| Adriana Goncalves Moreira | Lead, Partnerships Division | |
| Verona Collantes | Senior Gender Specialist | |
| Tania Eulalia Martinez Cruz | Indigenous Peoples Operations Analyst | |
| Gabriella Richardson Temm | Lead, GEF Small Grants Program | |
| Uxue Urteaga | Partnership Analyst | Gender, Partnerships, Youth |
| 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 |