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New green building leaders join WorldGBC’s Board of Directors 2018

The World Green Building Council has today announced its new Board of Directors. A new Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary of the Board have been appointed; while four existing members have been re-appointed and two new global green building leaders have joined the Board of Directors.

Lisa Bate of B+H Architects and Canada Green Building Council has been appointed Chair of the Board; Tanya Cox of the Green Building Council of Australia has been appointed Vice Chair of the Board; Peter Templeton of U.S. Green Building Council has been re-elected and appointed Treasurer, and Ilari Aho of Green Building Council Finland has been elected Secretary of the Board.

The following Directors have been appointed to the WorldGBC Board:

  1. Lisa Bate, Canada Green Building Council (Chair)
  2. Tanya Cox, Green Building Council of Australia (Vice Chair)
  3. Peter Templeton, U.S. Green Building Council (Treasurer)
  4. Christine Lemaitre, DGNB / German Sustainable Building Council
  5. Sundaresan Raghupathy, India Green Building Council
  6. Bruno Sauer, Green Building Council España
  7. Ada Fung, Hong Kong Green Building Council
  8. Tan Swee Yiow, Singapore Green Building Council

Terri Wills, CEO of WorldGBC, said:

“I am delighted to welcome our new green building leaders and the first female Chair to the WorldGBC Board of Directors. Our new Directors have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of sustainability, and have championed green building as one of the most effective solutions to climate change. Their commitment and expertise in professional governance and sustainability in the sector will be a huge asset to our Board, and I look forward to working with them as we seek to deliver green buildings for everyone, everywhere.”

The new Directors will join these existing Board members:

  1. Ilari Aho, Green Building Council Finland (Secretary)
  2. Snježana Turalija, Croatia Green Building Council
  3. Felipe Faria, Green Building Council Brasil
  4. John Alker, UK Green Building Council
  5. Saeed Al Abbar, Emirates Green Building Council
  6. Rudolf Pienaar, Green Building Council of South Africa
  7. Sebastian Dañino Beck, Peru Green Building Council

Read the biographies of all of WorldGBC’s Board Directors.