Maggie Gu - President
Maggie Gu has more than 18 years of experience in the management of international affairs, excelling in public relations and crisis management.
Ms. Gu began her career in a prestigious international consulting firm, handling strategic issues for large corporate groups. She then moved to the public sector and worked in Europe and Africa for more than ten years, which not only expanded her knowledge of both continents, but also established a tight and unique link with them.
After this experience, she became an expert of international affairs with strong leadership, managing multiple teams across several continents to handle multilateral issues, solve international disputes and coordinate global projects. Since then, she has increasingly emphasized on the research of African issues, studying and advising African countries on the development and execution of national strategies.
As a long-active member of the Fondation pour Genève, Mrs. Gu has always been concerned with human development and heavily involved in the promotion of philanthropy, public welfares and cross-cultural communications.
Targeting the existing social, political and economic problems that Africa is facing in the new era, Ms. Gu has proposed many creative, practical and effective solutions, some of which have resulted in substantial impact. In order to promote an effective transfer of existing techniques and technologies, optimize the utilization of limited resources, increase the transparency and accountabilities of all the sectors in Africa and ultimately reach a fair and long term win-win relation between Africa and other parties, Ms. Gu founded the Tomorrow Foundation.
Ms. Gu has obtained a professional medical degree and a Master of Communication and Public Relations in China, a MBA of Global Management in the United States, and a Master of International Relations and Economy in Switzerland. She is also proficient in ancient Chinese language.