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
Prof. Dr. Patrick V. Verkooijen
Chief Executive Officer
Chair of the Executive Board
Ban Ki-moon
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Chair of the Board, Global Center on Adaptation
Feike Sijbesma
Honorary Chairman, Royal DSM
Co-Chair of the Board, Global Center on Adaptation
Board Members
A.K. Abdul Momen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bangladesh
Ahmed Aboutaleb
Mayor of Rotterdam
Akinwumi Adesina
President
African Development Bank Group
Ali Ondimba Bongo
President of Gabon
Axel van Trotsenburg
Managing Director of Operations
World Bank
Dag-Inge Ulstein
Minister of International Development
Norway
Flemming Møller Mortensen
Minister for Development Cooperation and Minister for Nordic Cooperation
Denmark
Francis X. Suarez
Mayor of Miami
Huang Runqiu
Minister for Ecology & Environment
People’s Republic of China
Jamal Saghir
Professor of Practice
McGill University
José Antonio Meade
Former Finance & Foreign Minister
Mexico
Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director
International Monetary Fund
Loren Legarda
Deputy Speaker & Representative of the Lone District of Antique
Philippines
Moussa Faki
Chairperson
African Union Commission
Per Olsson Fridh
Minister for International Development Cooperation
Sweden
Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer
Agence Française de Développement
Roald Lapperre
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management
Netherlands
Rodger Voorhies
President Global Growth & Opportunity Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Shemara Wikramanayake
Chief Executive Officer
Macquarie
Vijay Rangarajan
Director General, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Kingdom