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

Ms. Nino Tkhilava

Head of Department
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
6, Marshall Gelovani Ave.
Tbilisi 0159
Georgia
Tel: +995 32 272 72 50
Email: nino.tkhilava at mepa.gov.ge; ntkhilava at gmail.com; lali.titilokashvili at mepa.gov.ge
Date of Appointment: May, 2023

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: Jan, 2024
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Mr. Karim Baba

Director of Urban Environment Policy
Ministry of Environment
Ministère de l'Environnement Rue Des 4 Canons
Algiers 16000
Algeria
Tel: +213 21 43 41 88
Email: karimbaba1964(A T)gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Nov, 2022

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: Apr, 2024
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ms. Qongqong Hoohlo

Acting Director- Department of Environment
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture
6th Floor Post Office Guilding, PO Box 10993
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Tel: + 26622320534
Fax: +25522311139
Email: 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: janeel.miller at gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2023
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay

Mr. Martín Gronda

Second Secretary of the Embassy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
Esmeralda 1212
Buenos Aires 1212
Argentina
Tel: +54 48 19 7414/ 7408
Email: tgr(at)cancilleria.gob.ar; jrwalsh(at)ambiente.gob.ar; zlm(at)mrecic.gov.ar
Date of Appointment: May, 2024

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: May, 2024
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: min_ecology(a t )mnp.am; ruzanna.grigoryan(a t )mnp.am; interproject(a t )mnp.am; ruzanna.grigoryan(a t )env.am
Date of Appointment: Mar, 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
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:
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024

Mr. Miguel Marques



Luxembourg
Tel:
Email:
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024
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; rkumar38[a t ]worldbank.org; rtopno[a t ]worldbank.org
Date of Appointment: May, 2023

Mr. B. K. Prabhath Chandrakeerthi

Secretary
Ministry of Environment
No. 416/c/1, Sobadam Piyasa, Robert Gunawardana Mawatha
Battaramulla
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 11 2034121/ +94 11 2034122
Fax: +94 11 2879944
Email: sec(AT) env.gov.lk; dirir(AT) env.gov.lk; kulanihw(AT) gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024
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. Sofia Vargas Lozada

Advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Carrera 5 # 9-03
Bogota D.C. 111711
Colombia
Tel: +57 601 381400
Email: sofia.vargas(at)cancilleria.gov.co; constanza.bejarano(at)cancilleria.gov.co; amgarciar(at)minambiente.gov.co; mtbecerra(at)minambiente.gov.co
Date of Appointment: May, 2024

Mr. Vitor Bahia Diniz

Head of the Division for Environmental Policy and Sustainability
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco H
Brasilia, DF 70170-900
Brazil
Tel: +55 61 2030 9556
Email: vitor.bahia(A T)itamaraty.gov.br; dipas(A T)itamaraty.gov.br
Date of Appointment: May, 2023
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

Mr. Lambert Gnapelet

Meteorological Engineer and Environment Manager
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Bangui
Central African Republic
Tel: +236 75 50 28 24 / 72 15 27 59
Email: lambertina12(at)gmail.com; lambertgnapelet(at)yahoo.fr
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2022
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 21 263 799
Email: phakkavanhp75(AT) gmail.com; bounpakone2020(AT) gmail.com; anouty888(AT) gmail.com
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2024
Canada

Ms. Barbara Curran

Director General
Global Affairs Canada
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A0G2
Canada
Tel: +1 343 549 7653
Email: barbara.curran[a t ]international.gc.ca; catherine.potvin[a t ]international.gc.ca; dorothy.uy[a t ]international.gc.ca; rebecca.niezen[a t ]ec.gc.ca; ebru.gurbuzer[a t ]international.gc.ca; christine.martel-fleming[a t ]international.gc.ca
Date of Appointment: Oct, 2023

Ms. Erin Silsbe

Director
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gatineau, Quebec K1A OH3
Canada
Tel:
Email: erin.silsbe(AT) ec.gc.ca; erin.silsbe(AT) ec.gc.ca; erin.marchington(AT) ec.gc.ca
Date of Appointment: Feb, 2021
China

Ms. Hongxia Li

Deputy Director General
International Economic and Financial Cooperation Department,
Ministry of Finance San Li He St, Xichengqu
Beijing 100820
China
Tel: +86 010 68552473
Fax: +86 010 68552077
Email: lihongxia(AT) mof.gov.cn; ifid1cf(AT) mof.gov.cn; lijinmiao(AT) mof.gov.cn
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2021

Mr. Tianwei Zhang

Director - International Economic and Financial Cooperation Department
Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China
San Li He St, Xichengqu
Beijing 100820
People’s Republic of China
Tel: +86 010 68552836
Fax: +86 010 68552486
Email: zhangtianwei(AT) mof.gov.cn
Date of Appointment: Feb, 2023
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

Mr. Will Agricole

Principal Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change
Botanical Gardens Mt. Fleuri
Victoria, Mahe P. O. Box 445
Seychelles
Tel: +248 467 0500; 248 271 4419
Fax: 011 248 461 0468
Email: w.agricole(at)meteo.gov.sc; wagricole1957(at)gmail.com
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. Jeanett Vea

First Secretary
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations and Embassy of Tonga
250 East, 51st Street
New York, New York 10022
United States of America
Tel: +1 917 5135814
Email: jvea.tongaunmission(at)gmail.com
Date of Appointment: May, 2024
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela

Mrs. Laura Elisa Aguirre Tellez

Director General
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Insurgentes Sur No. 1971, Torre III, Piso3, Col. Guadalupe Inn, Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón
Mexico City 01020
Mexico
Tel: +52 55 3688 1873
Email: laura_aguirre(at)hacienda.gob.mx; mexico_gef(at)hacienda.gob.mx; silvia_gamboa(at)hacienda.gob.mx; israel_camachob(at)hacienda.gob.mx
Date of Appointment: Apr, 2022

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; guri.sandborg(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; hennoh(A T)um.dk; lenvei(A T)um.dk
Date of Appointment: Jan, 2024
Estonia, Finland, Netherlands

Ms. Laura Rajaniemi

Desk Officer, Deputy Director
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: May, 2023

Ms. Alexandra Louiszoon

Officer
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rijnstraat 8
The Hague 2500
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 116 17 315
Email: aj.louiszoon(A T)minbuza.nl; igg(A T)minbuza.nl; ivo.de.zwaan(A T)minienw.nl
Date of Appointment: May, 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; julien.velud(AT) dgtresor.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

Ms. Megan Skelly

Deputy Director
Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
29-31 Adelaide Road
Dublin D02 X285
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 6782158
Email: megan.skelly(A T)decc.gov.ie
Date of Appointment: Jan, 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 8034/+81 3 3581 8033
Email: tsuyoshi.hyokai(A T)mof.go.jp; takeshi.hirakoba(A T)mof.go.jp; takuro.itoigawa(A T)mof.go.jp; midori.nakata(A T)mof.go.jp; yuka.sakurai(A T)mof.go.jp; hiroki_sato(A T)env.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; taeko_takahashi[a t ]env.go.jp
Date of Appointment: Mar, 2023
Sweden

Ms. Karin Seydlitz

Deputy Director
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Fredsgatan 8
Stockholm SE-103.39
Sweden
Tel: +468 405 49 31
Email: karin.seydlitz at gov.se
Date of Appointment: Aug, 2021

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
United Kingdom
Tel: +07990 783968
Email: ben.green1(at)fcdo.gov.uk; elliot.brookes(at)fcdo.gov.uk; nicola.millen(at)fcdo.gov.uk; charlie.makin(at)defra.gov.uk
Date of Appointment: May, 2019
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. Rob Wing

Acting Director
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, DC 20520
United States
Tel:
Email: wingrd(AT) state.gov; miskhoac(AT) state.gov; novotneyjl(AT) state.gov
Date of Appointment: Jul, 2019