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

Regional Representation

• North America Representative | Jonathan Fowlie, Chief External Relations Officer and Head of Impact Strategy, Vancity, Canada
• Central America Representative | José Luiz Muñoz, Executive Director Investor Relations & ESG, Banorte, Mexico
• South America Representative | Ricardo Cuesta, CEO, Produbanco Grupo Promerica, Ecuador
• Scandinavia Representative | Anja Hannerz, Group Head of Sustainability, 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 | Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank, UAE
• Sub-Saharan Africa Representative | Boitumelo Sethlatswe, Head of Societal Impact, Standard Bank Group, South Africa
• Asia Pacific Representative | Siobhan Toohill, Group Head of Sustainability, Westpac, Australia
• Central & East Asia Representative | Dr. Shanning Dong, General Manager, Green Finance Department, Bank of Jiangsu, China
• UN Environment Programme | Steven Stone, Deputy Director of the Economy Division, UN Environment Programme