Home » About usStewardship Council TNFD’s founding partners and major funders. The Stewardship Council plays an important role, representing the interests of these key supporters. They meet three times a year to receive updates about the TNFD’s progress toward its vision and mission. The Stewardship Council ensures that appropriate financial accountability to funding partners is in line with funding agreement reporting requirements, as well as advises and supports the TNFD Co-Chairs and Executive Director with outreach and engagement of additional potential funding partners. Vice Chair Andrew Mitchell Founder and Senior Advisor, Global Canopy Council members Agence Française de Développement Odile Conchou, Senior Advisor on Biodiversity and Finance Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Shishusri Pradhan, Director – Evidence, Measurement & Evaluation (Climate) Global Canopy Niki Mardas, Executive Director Government of Australia, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Arianna Cowling, Director, Financing Solutions for Nature Government of Germany, Federal Ministry for the Environment Nicolas Schafstoss, Head, International Finance Unit Government of the Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Caroline van Leenders, Senior Process Manager, Sustainable Transitions Government of Switzerland, Federal Office for the Environment and the State Secretariat for International Finance Lucretia Landmann, Senior Policy Adviser, Environmental Finance, Federal Office for the Environment Government of the UK, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Neha Dutt, Policy Lead – Greening Finance Macdoch Foundation Michelle Gortan, Chief Executive Officer Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative Eirik Sorlie, Senior Advisor – Deforestation-Free Supply Chains and Finance The Global Environment Facility Avril Benchimol, Senior Finance Specialist The Green Finance Institute Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive Officer United Nations Development Programme Midori Paxton, Head, Ecosystems & Biodiversity United Nations Environment Programme – Finance Initiative Liesel van Ast, Membership & Regional Co-Ordination Manager WWF Elizabeth Aceituno, Senior Expert, Sustainable Finance