Dr. Timothy Afful-Koomson is the Africa Regional Director of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) on secondment from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Prior to the secondment, Timothy was the Chief Climate Finance Officer and the GCF Coordinator at the AfDB where he led the mobilization of over $690 million of GCF resources with AfDB as the Accredited Entity and over $270 million as Executing Entity for climate-related projects in Africa. He also coordinated the screening and integration of climate finance in over 50 AfDB infrastructure projects with total climate financing of over US$ 1.8 billion.
Timothy spent over 15 years in the US financial sector working with companies such as Merrill Lynch and was involved in structuring, executing, and managing sustainable investment transactions particularly in renewable energy, energy efficiency and timberland investments totalling over US$ 5 billion. Timothy graduated from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, with a PhD and concentration in International Trade and Investment.
