[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.

[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.

[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”.