Mina Guli | |
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 Guli during the World Economic Forum 2013 | |
| Born | c. 1970 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | CEO of Thirst |
Mina Guli is an Australian businesswoman, active in the environmental sector. [1] She is CEO of Thirst. [2]
Mina Guli | |
|---|---|
| Guli during the World Economic Forum 2013 | |
| Born | c. 1970 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | CEO of Thirst |
Mina Guli is an Australian businesswoman, active in the environmental sector. [1] She is CEO of Thirst. [2]
Guli was born in Mount Waverley, a suburb of Melbourne and attended the University of Melbourne. [3] . She studied a Master of Law at the university which she completed in 1999. [4] In 1993, Guli was elected as president of the Monash University Student Union. [5] At the age of 22, Guli broke her back in a swimming pool accident and was told by her doctors that she would never run again. [3]
After graduation, Guli worked as a lawyer in the private sector in the energy and infrastructure sectors. [6] In 1999 she moved to the Sydney Futures Exchange, where she was involved in the development of Australia's carbon emission markets. [3] In 2002 she was asked to join the World Bank and assisted in developing carbon trading projects in China, India, Nepal and Indonesia. [3] She returned to the private sector in 2005 and continued her work in the renewable energy and climate change sectors in China. [7]
In 2012, Guli founded Thirst, a group promoting water conservation to young people. [8] Guli attempted to run one hundred marathons in one hundred days, to raise awareness of water scarcity, but a fractured femur forced her to abandon the attempt on day sixty three. [9]
Guli is the former deputy chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, [10] a strategic advisor to the Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders community, and a member of the Young Presidents Organisation. [11]
In 2010 she was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and in 2011 named as one of Australia’s “50 for the future”. [12]
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