Mr. Javier Manzanares

Deputy Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund

Mr. Javier Manzanares is the Deputy Executive Director at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) based in Songdo, Republic of Korea. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Support Services, when he joined the Fund in 2014.

Prior to working for the GCF, Mr Manzanares was Director and Representative of UNOPS in the MERCOSUR region, based in Argentina. He was formerly Division Manager of Investment and Development Banking at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Javier also worked as the Executive VP for two privately held banks of Grupo Fierro. His career in banking and finance began with Banco Santander/BSCH in the United States, Hong Kong and Japan.

Mr. Manzanares holds a dual MBA from Northwestern University / Kellogg (USA), an EMBA from Hong Kong University of Sciences & Technology (China) and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at INHA University in South Korea.