24 June 2024

Anna McGurk

Anna joined Beyond Fossil Fuels in May 2024. Before this, she coordinated digital campaigns for Médecins Sans Frontières, advocating for governments and pharmaceutical corporations to remove barriers to accessible and affordable medicines.

Anna previously worked with Greenpeace in Beijing, where she led communications initiatives on air pollution, coal consumption, overfishing, and renewable energy financing.

She is from the UK, and currently lives in Berlin. Anna speaks English, Mandarin Chinese, and is learning German.

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