Milena Bacalja Perianes
Milena Bacalja Perianes
Explain what you do in 7 words
I help start-ups use data to tell stories.
Where you’re from and where you are now?
Australian born but Spanish/Croatian roots. I am a nomad by nature who is currently living in London via 9 other cities.
What you were doing before joining UNICEF?
I founded one successful and one failed start-up as well as spent time working as a Gender Lens Investing Advisor working with investors to improve their ability to move capital to create more gender equitable outcomes.
What has been your biggest success in your role at UNICEF?
Designing the VF’s Impact Strategy and Framework which helps the fund better define and measure how it creates impact through its investments.
What was your dream job when you were a child?
Ice-skater or Archaeologist. Both dreams were crushed by my brother who informed me that Australia has no ice or buried history to discover- still shattered.
What is your hidden skill / talent?
I can talk underwater with my mouth full of marbles