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

Dimitrios Dimopoulos
Head of ESG, Piraeus Financial Holdings & Co-chair, UNEP FI Banking Board

Laura Barlow
Group Head of Sustainability, Barclays

Shargiil Bashir
Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Michael Chen
Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, Westpac, Australia

Ricardo Cuesta
CEO, Produbanco Grupo Promerica

Shanning Dong
General Manager, Green Finance Department, Bank of Jiangsu

Jonathan Fowlie
Chief External Relations Officer and Head of Impact Strategy, Vancity

Anja Hannerz
Group Head of Sustainability, Nordea

José Luis Muñoz
Executive Director Investor Relations & ESG, Banorte

Laurence Pessez
Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, BNP Paribas

Boitumelo Sethlatswe
Head of Sustainability, Standard Bank Group

Steven Stone
Deputy Director of the Economy Division, UN Environment Programme

Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Piraeus Bank Group
Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Piraeus Bank Group
Ricardo Cuesta, Produbanco
Ricardo Cuesta, Produbanco
Laurence Pessez, BNP Paribas
Laurence Pessez, BNP Paribas
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Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Piraeus Bank Group
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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 | Michael Chen, Acting Chief Sustainability Officer, 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