SECRETARIAT
SECRETARIAT
In 2023, the CVF and V20 Finance Ministers unanimously agreed to strengthen the organizational support for the institution by setting in motion the establishment of an independent stand-alone secretariat that will answer directly to the presidency, Troika, and member nations.
This decision to establish an autonomous secretariat that is situated and managed by the Global South aims to place the organization in a better position to optimize the resources raised for the membership, as well as advance the objectives of climate vulnerable countries.
Recognizing the incubation support efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in the past, the CVF-V20 is charting a more consolidated and coordinated path ahead with an independent secretariat.
The CVF-V20 Secretariat is now based in Accra, Ghana with a regional office in Colombo, Sri Lanka and an office in Washington D.C., USA to engage the Bretton Woods Initiative.
THE SECRETARY GENERAL
H.E. Mohamed Nasheed was appointed as the first Secretary General of the CVF in 2023 to head the Secretariat. He served as the Maldives’ first democratically elected President from 2008 to 2012 and Speaker of the People’s Majlis, the Maldives’ parliament, from 2019 to November 2023. In 2009, the same year he founded the CVF, he held an underwater cabinet meeting to call for stronger action on climate change, and also pledged for the Maldives to become carbon neutral.
CONTACT
ACCRA, GHANA
Africa Trade House, Ambassadorial Enclave, Liberia Road, Accra, Ghana
Washington DC, USA
7th Floor, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave, NW #7000, Washington, DC 20006, United States
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
Climate Change Office, No 577, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NEW YORK CITY, USA
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300 New York, NY 10170
CVF-V20 Secretariat
Mohamed Nasheed
Secretary-General
Sara Jane Ahmed
Managing Director & V20 Finance Advisor
Gurpreet Sodhi
Finance & Operations Director
Nilesh Prakash
Seconded to the Global Shield Secretariat
Nazrin Camille Castro
Director, Membership and Partnership Coordination
Abena Takyiwaa Asamoah-Okyere
Director, Country Platforms
Eric Twum
Africa, Regional Director
Sandith Samrasinghe
Pacific & Indian Ocean, Regional Director
Hamza Haroon
South Asia, Regional Director
Geneva Oliverie
Deputy Director, International Finance Reform and Trade
Pankaj Singh
Deputy Director, Financial Protection & Vertical Funds
Christian Soqueño
Senior Associate, Membership and Partnership Coordination
Alexandra Rosas
Associate, Membership and Partnership Coordination
Aishath Rafha Mohamed
Communications Associate
Lem Cruz
Analyst, Membership and Partnership Coordination
Mary Jane San Juan
Analyst, Membership and Partnership Coordination
Sandy Jojo Twene
Analyst, Africa
Hashan Jayakodi
Analyst, Indian Ocean
Terence Nana Dennis
Web/IT Analyst
Jwala Rambarran
Senior Advisor, Office of the Managing Director
Renato Redentor Constantino
International Policy Advisor, Office of the Secretary-General
Paul Roberts
Communications Advisor, Office of the Secretary-General
Mark Lynas
Scientific Advisor, Office of the Secretary-General
