Meet the team

Asher is Head (a.i.) of UNEP’s GEF Climate Mitigation portfolio.  

He oversees the development and implementation of the portfolio, which consists of more than USD 400 million in GEF grant, supporting more than 100 developing countries to accelerate low-emission sustainable development.

Sudhir Sharma is an Officer in Charge of UNEP's GEF Climate Change Mitigation team, based in the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Julien is responsible for UNEP’s portfolio of GEF-funded climate change mitigation projects in Africa, worth over US$ 50 million of GEF grants.

Suzanne oversees the development and implementation of UNEP’s projects which support developing countries meet their reporting obligation under the UN Framework Convention on Climate change.

Fatma Twahir is an Administrative Officer of the GEF Climate Mitigation Unit (CMU). 

She is responsible for the Financial and Administrative Management of the Unit. She has extensive experience and knowledge in Budget and Finance, with over 30 years working both in the private sector and the UN.

Loana is responsible for UNEP’s portfolio of GEF-funded climate change mitigation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), valued at over US$ 50 million.  

She currently oversees project development and implementation across 12+ countries, focusing on sustainable urban development, energy efficiency, circular economy, electric mobility, and climate transparency.

Cicilia is a Programme Management Assistant with the Climate Mitigation Unit, UNEP. Cicilia has been responsible for managing a diverse group of projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency and transport in several countries globally. She has also managed several project mid-evaluations on the assessment of project performance.

Elca supports the development, management and implementation GEF Climate Change Enabling Activities Portfolio.  She has 13 years’ work experience in Environment and Natural Resource Management.

He provides support to the projects within Climate Change Mitigation Unit and is responsible for the Unit’s financial information system. He has over 9 years of work experience in finance, accounting, and project management. Before joining UNEP, Aaron worked with UNON for 4 years as a finance assistant.  

Under the guidance of Fund Management Officer, Clare supports Fund management functions of Enabling Activities Portfolio-GEF, Climate change Mitigation Unit. She also supports in the follow-up actions related to HR activities for the unit.

Tainá is working as UNEP Climate Mitigation Finance Expert (UNV) in LAC Portfolio.

She provides general financial and administrative support for LAC Portfolio. Including support to Project Implementation/ Internalization; Financial Reports; Project Evaluation/ Closure and recruitments.

Mary is an Administrative Assistant with the GEF Climate Mitigation Unit, UNEP.

She is responsible for the HR and Administrative duties of the Unit and is very passionate and knowledgeable in HR and Administration with over 7 years of experience in the private sector.

Solange is a Finance and Budget Assistant and provides financial and administrative support to the Climate Change Mitigation Unit in its Latin America and the Caribbean Portfolio.

She has 15 years of experience working with Financial Advisory in public and private sector.

Carla is working as UNEP Climate Mitigation Finance Specialist (UNV) in LAC Portfolio. 

She provides financial and administrative support to the Climate Change Mitigation Unit Latin America and the Caribbean Portfolio. 

She has 14 years of experience working with treasury, finance and budget control in the United Nations.  

Manoj provides technical, management and implementation support to the GEF Climate Change Mitigation projects in the Asia Pacific region in the areas of energy efficiency, electric mobility, green housing, sustainable cities, net-zero decarbonization and climate transparency apart from the development of new projects in these domains.  

Joseph joins the Climate Change Mitigation unit in the capacity of UNV Programme Assistant.

Assisting in the preparation of Project Cooperation Agreements, verification of Project Identification Forms; among other roles, in ensuring preparation of annual reports on implemented National Communications and Biennial Update Reports/Biennial Transparency Reports.

Hassan is a Programme Assistant (UNV) working on the Africa Portfolio.  

Alphonse Mutabazi is a home-based Consultant for Climate Change Enabling Activities 

Natalie works together with the team to reduce the Portfolio risk.   

She is responsible for enhancing the risk management framework for GEF mitigation projects, implementing strategies to assess, visualize, and to support informed decision-making to reduce portfolio risk.  

Mateo supports the Global Portfolio of the Climate Change Mitigation Unit, focusing on net-zero, nature-positive development, and urban nature solutions. He has seven years of experience in climate and urban policy.

Marcellus supports the GEF climate change mitigation enabling activities projects.

Jiya supports the Global Portfolio with the design and implementation of GEF and GCF climate mitigation projects. She has worked on sustainable cities projects, electric mobility as well as GEF integrated programmes.  

Andreu supports the coordination of the Unit work.

Susan works on the development of GEF-funded Enabling Activities proposals supporting country reporting under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.

Jone supports the Global Environment Facility (GEF) portfolio of Climate Change Mitigation projects, specifically e-mobility projects and programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.