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
Chair of the Supervisory Board

Feike Sijbesma
Honorary Chairman, Royal DSM
Co-Chair of the Supervisory Board
Supervisory Board

Macky Sall
4th President of the Republic of Senegal

Francis X. Suarez
Mayor of Miami

Rodger Voorhies
President Global Growth & Opportunity Division, Bill & Melinda 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

Moussa Faki
Chairperson
African Union Commission

Ahmed Hussen
Minister of International Development
Canada

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
Minister of International Development
Norway

Huang Runqiu
Minister for Ecology & Environment
People’s Republic of China

Lotte Machon
State Secretary for Development Policy
Denmark

Ahmed Aboutaleb
Mayor of Rotterdam

Akinwumi Adesina
President
African Development Bank Group

Jenny Bates
Director General for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Kingdom

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director
International Monetary Fund

Loren Legarda
Senate President Pro Tempore
Philippines

Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer
Agence Française de Développement

Axel van Trotsenburg
Senior Managing Director for Development Policy & Partnerships
World Bank