The decision-making body of the ECF consists of dedicated professionals from diverse backgrounds who have complementary expertise in climate change. The board defines the ECF’s overall strategy, ensures its financial health, measures progress, and evaluates both successes and lessons learned.

John McCall MacBain (Chairman of the Board)
Founder of the McCall MacBain Foundation, which also works on global environmental issues

Susan Bell
Vice-President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate

Mark Burget
President of the ClimateWorks Foundation and former Chief Conservation Programs Officer at The Nature Conservatory

Kate Hampton
Director of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation’s Special Programme on Climate Change, which aims to reduce carbon emissions

Caio Koch-Weser
Vice-Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group, former Vice-Minister in the German Federal Ministry of Finance and prior to that served in senior positions at the World Bank .

Kristian Parker (Chairman of the Executive Committee)
Chair of the Oak Foundation and trustee lead on their Environment Programme, which supports work in the climate change field.

Mary Robinson
President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and is currently in the process of setting up MRFCJ, the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice.