Mina Guli is a globally recognised water advocate, keynote speaker and ultrarunner, dedicated to raising awareness and driving action on the global water crisis. She is the CEO of Thirst Foundation, a non-profit organisation she founded in 2012 to advance progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 on clean water and sanitation.

Through initiatives such as RunBlue, Mina has mobilised people across more than 200 countries and territories, using extraordinary endurance challenges to bring global attention to water sustainability. Her achievements include running across seven deserts on seven continents in seven weeks, completing 40 marathons in 40 days, and undertaking a 200-marathon campaign across 32 countries. She has spoken and served as MC at high-level UN events and has been recognised as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and one of Fortune’s 50 greatest leaders.