Stella Thomas
Global Water Fund
Managing Director
Stella Thomas is the Founder and Managing Director of the Global Water Fund, an international boutique advisory group that helps navigate water strategies for the public and private sectors. The Global Water Fund serves as a platform for multi-stakeholders to address the increasing global problem of water management by seeking solutions in new technologies, financing and policies. The Global Water Fund funds and develops new technologies and creates public-private partnerships to implement water technologies on a national scale. The Global Water Fund also seeks to create an awareness of the world's water crisis through its Foundation.
As the Founder of GWF, Stella is a thought leader and an expert advisor to government and business decision makers on water risks and opportunities, insights and trends, investments, and technology. Stella combines her backgrounds in environmental management and economics to bridge a gap between the science, investment and entrepreneurial communities in order to create new opportunities towards solving the world’s water crisis.
She is a speaker and an author on water security and conflict, the food and energy nexus, the circular economy and the integration of the SDGs. She has been involved with the following organizations: U.S. Congress, United Nations, NATO, European Space Agency, UNESCO, United Nations Development Program, French Ministry of Ecology, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Council of Water.
Stella Thomas holds two Bachelor Degrees from Michigan State University in the fields of International Relations and Political Science. She holds diplomas in Economics from Cambridge University and The London School of Economics. Stella Thomas also attended the Graduate School of International Relations & Diplomacy/University of Paris (where she obtained her Master's Degree in Natural Resources & Conflict Resolution, with a specialty in North Africa and the Middle East) and has completed a Master's Degree at the University of Oxford in Water Science, Policy & Management.