A Board member and an alternate member represent each constituency for a total of 40 members. They serve for 3 years.
- 6 seats (12 members) from the partner countries constituency, divided on a geographical basis, including three seats for Africa.
- 6 seats (12 members) from the donor constituency.
- 3 seats (6 members) from the multilateral agencies and regional banks constituency.
- 3 seats (6 members) from the civil society organizations constituency, including teachers.
- 2 seats (4 members) from the private sector and private foundations constituency.
See the current Board members below and click on a photo to read their biography.
Chair and Vice Chair
Partner countries
Africa 1
Angola, Eritrea, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia (Federal, Puntland, Somaliland), Tanzania (Mainland, Zanzibar), Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Edgar Moyo
Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Zimbabwe

Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir
Federal Minister of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Federal Republic of Somalia
Africa 2
Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Togo, Tunisie

Komla Dodzi Kokoroko
Minister of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education and Crafts, Togo

Moussa Kadam
Minister of National Education and Civic Promotion, Chad
Africa 3
Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan

David Moinina Sengeh
Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone

David Adejo Andrew
Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria
Asia and Pacific
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Maldives, Marshall Islands, FS Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Tuvalu, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Ramakrishna Subedi
Secretary for the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Nepal

Aishath Ali
Minister of Education, Republic of Maldives
Eastern Europe, Middle East, Central Asia
Afghanistan, Albania, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen

Usman Sharifxodjayev Ulfatovich
First Deputy Minister of Public Education, Uzbekistan

Saidzoda Rahim
Minister of Education and Science, Tajikistan
Latin America and the Caribbean
Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Didacus Jules
Director General, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, Saint Lucia

Daniel Esponda
Minister of Education, Honduras
Donor partners
Donor 1
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland

Frédéric Depetris
Interim Board Member

Martina Ramming
Head of Education, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Donor 2
Denmark, Estonia, Sweden

Ms. Line Friberg Nielsen
Chief Technical Advisor, Department of Migration, Stabilization and Fragility, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Per Magnusson
Senior Program Specialist, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
Donor 3
Canada, United Kingdom

Judith Herbertson
Head of the Girls’ Education Department, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), United Kingdom

Louise Holt
Director General, Social Development, Global Affairs, Canada
Donor 4
Finland, Ireland, Norway, United Arab Emirates

Camilla Helgø Fossberg
Policy Director, Education Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Rashid Al Shamsi
Director, Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, United Arab Emirates
Donor 5
European Commission, Germany, Italy, Spain

Martin Seychell
Deputy Director General Directorate for Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace and Resources, European Commission

Heike Kuhn
Head of Division, Education, Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
Donor 6
Australia, Japan, Korea, United States

LeAnna Marr
Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States of America

Aedan Christian Whyatt
Assistant Secretary Global Programs and Partnerships Branch, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Civil society organizations
CSO 1
Northern/Developed Countries

Kira Boe
Education Co-Lead, Oxfam Ibis

Yona Nestel
Inclusive Quality Education Lead
CSO 2
Partner countries

Solange Akpo-Gnandi
Regional Coordination, Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA), Senegal

Abeer Tamimi Darwazeh
Capacity Building and Learning Coordinator, Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA), West Bank and Gaza
CSO 3
Teaching Profession

Haldis Holst
Deputy General Secretary, Education International

Dennis Sinyolo
Regional Director, Education International, Africa Region
Private sector

David Boutcher
Partner, Reed Smith LLP and Secretary and Safeguarding Director, Executive Board, Global Business Coalition for Education, United Kingdom

Emily Friedman
Head of Business Investment for Education Impact, Global Business Coalition for Education
Private foundations

Christopher Thomas
Director of Partnerships, The Yidan Prize Foundation

Carolyne Ng’eny
Program Officer, Firelight Foundation, Kenya
Multilateral agencies
Multilateral Agency 1
UNESCO/WFP

Stefania Giannini
Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO

Valerie Guarnieri
Assistant Executive Director, WFP
Multilateral Agency 2
UNICEF/UNHCR

Robert Jenkins
Global Director, Education and Adolescent Development

Rebecca Telford
OiC Deputy Director, UNHCR Division of Resilience and Solutions
Multilateral Agency 3
Multilateral and Regional Banks

Luis Benveniste
Regional Director, Human Development, Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank

Syed Husain Quadri
Acting Director, Resilience and Social Development Department, Islamic Development Bank
Committee Chairs

Nesmy Manigat
Chair of the Finance Risk Committee

Marie Soulié
Chair of the Performance, Impact and Learning Committee