Leadership & Governance
The Global Center on Adaptation Board meets on a regular basis and is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the organization.
Leadership and Governance
Ban Ki-moon
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Honorary Chair of the Supervisory Board
Macky Sall
4th President of the Republic of Senegal
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Feike Sijbesma
Honorary Chairman, Royal DSM
Co-Chair of the Supervisory Board
Supervisory Board
Francis X. Suarez
Mayor of Miami
Rodger Voorhies
President Global Growth & Opportunity Division, Gates Foundation
Shemara Wikramanayake
Chief Executive Officer
Macquarie
Executive Board
Jan Peter Balkenende
Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
José Antonio Meade
Former Finance & Foreign Minister
Mexico
Advisory Board
Mia Amor Mottley
Prime Minister of Barbados
Samia Suluhu Hassan
President of the United Republic of Tanzania
William Samoei Ruto
President of the Republic of Kenya
Hilda Heine
President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
John Dramani Mahama
President of the Republic of Ghana
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia
Duma Boko
President of the Republic of Botswana
Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Carola Schouten
Mayor of Rotterdam
Axel van Trotsenburg
Senior Managing Director for Development Policy & Partnerships of the World Bank
Åsmund Grøver Aukrust
Minister of International Development for Norway
Ole Thonke
Under Secretary for Development Policy & Climate Ambassador of Denmark
Akinwumi Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group
Loren Legarda
Senate President Pro Tempore of the Philippines
Huang Runqiu
Minister for Ecology & Environment
People’s Republic of China
Thani Mohamed Soilihi
Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships of France
Jenny Bates
Director General for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom
Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer of Agence Française de Développement