Role of the Banking Board
The UNEP FI Banking Board is the governance body for the Principles for Responsible Banking and UNEP FI Banking Membership.
Under the overall direction of the UNEP FI Global Steering Committee, the Banking Board oversees the effective implementation of the Principles for Responsible Banking. For details on its mandate, please refer to section 1 of the UNEP FI Banking Governance Framework.
Meet the Board
Dr. Dalia Abdel Kader
Chief Sustainability Officer, Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Sheila Aggarwal-Khan
UN Environment Director, Economy Division
Laura Barlow
Group Head of Sustainability, Barclays
Christine Bergeron
President & CEO, Vancity
Ricardo Cuesta
CEO, Produbanco Grupo Promerica
Dimitrios Dimopulos
Director of Sustainability Unit, Piraeus Financial Holdings
Wendy Dobson
Group Head of Corporate Citizenship, Standard Bank Group
Wang Kun
Deputy General Manager, International Banking Department, ICBC, China
Anders Langworth
Group Head of Sustainable Finance, Nordea
Celina Padilla Maerdi
President, Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador
Laurence Pessez
Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BNP Paribas
Siobhan Toohill
Chief Sustainability Officer, Westpac Group
Regional Representation
- North America Representative | Christine Bergeron, President & CEO, Vancity, Canada
- Central America Representative | Celina Padilla Meardi, President, Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador
- South America Representative | Ricardo Cuesta, CEO, Produbanco Grupo Promerica, Ecuador
- Scandinavia Representative | Anders Langworth, Group Head of Sustainable Finance, Nordea, Sweden
- Western Europe Representative (joint) | Laura Barlow, Group Head of Sustainability, Barclays, UK
- Western Europe Representative (joint) | Laurence Pessez , Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BNP Paribas, France
- South-Eastern Europe Representative | Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Director ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings, Greece
- Middle East & North Africa Representative | Dr. Dalia AbdelKader, Chief Sustainability Officer, Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt
- Sub-Saharan Africa Representative | Wendy Dobson, Group Head of Corporate Citizenship , Standard Bank Group, South Africa
- Asia Pacific Representative | Siobhan Toohill, Group Head of Sustainability, Westpac, Australia
- Central & East Asia Representative | Wang Kun, Deputy General Manager, International Banking Department, ICBC, China
- UN Environmental Programme | Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Director of the Economy Division of UN Environment Programme