Mina Guli

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Mina Guli
Guli during the World Economic Forum 2013
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Monash University Presbyterian Ladies’ College The University of Melbourne Harvard University
Occupation	CEO of Thirst

Mina Guli is an Australian businesswomen, active in the environmental sector.^[1] She is CEO of Thirst.^[2]

Early life and education

Guli grew up in Mount Waverly, Melbourne. She went to the Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Melbourne, before acquiring degrees in Law and Science from Monash University as well as a Masters in Law from The University of Melbourne.^[3] She completed the Global Leadership and Public Policy in the 21st Century course at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Early career

Guli ran Monash University’s Junior University Program (a program designed to show year 11 students the value of a University Degree) and then later the University’s Host Scheme – an orientation program for first year students.

With roles as president of various student clubs, including Fencing and Bushwalking (the largest club on campus), Guli went on to be elected as president of the Monash University Student Union.

As a lawyer in Melbourne at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Guli was involved in privatization and infrastructure investment, including the sale and purchase of power, gas and transportation assets in Victoria. She then moved to the Sydney Futures Exchange, where she was involved in the development of new financial products, particularly the nascent creation of the first carbon markets.

Guli consequently joined law-firm Baker & McKenzie a climate change practice. She was asked to join the World Bank, subsequently developing the first carbon projects in China, India, Nepal and Indonesia, and structuring seven of the World Bank ’s carbon funds. Guli joined a boutique climate change investment fund in London, where she was responsible for their global procurement of assets, developing carbon projects worth more than US$2 billion.

Through her work in London, Guli met Tim Clissold, and together they founded Peony Capital, an environmental fund for Chinese companies. They established Peony’s offices in Beijing and developed some of the largest carbon projects in the world, in co-operation with Chinese power companies.^[3][4]

Thirst

Guli is the founder and CEO of Thirst. Thirst is a group promoting saving water by educating young people. Thirst launched on World Water Day 2012 with two education workshops of 1000 students each. It has conducted on campus education programs for more than 40,000 children in Chinese schools and universities, and 300,000 young people at workshops, events and music festivals. It has established 120 student clubs in 12 provinces across China, and created online communities in popular media.^[5]

Other positions

Guli is the former deputy chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, 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.^[6]

Awards

Guli was selected by Advance Australia as one of the 50 leading Australians in Asia and is the recipient of a Future Leadership Award from the Australia Davos Connection.^[7][8]

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”.^[9]

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