Personal Life
Safia is British born in 1964 to a Swiss mother and Mauritian father. She grew up in a Caucasian middle class suburb in England. She left school at 17 and moved to London where she worked in publishing and marketing. At 22, she visited South East Asia for 3 months. It was during this time she cultivated a passion for the environment and politics.
Safia married her husband James Minney in 1989. A year later the couple moved to Tokyo from London. James is a co-founder and current COO of People Tree. The couple reside in London with their three children.
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