Background
Gullet was born in Modogashe, Garissa in 1959.
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Career
Since 2001 he has been secretary general of the Kenya Red Cross Society. Orphaned at an early age, he was adopted and raised by a family in Mombasa. Gullet received his basic education from Buxton Primary School before proceeding to Mombasa Technical.
Gullet worked for Kenya External Telecommunications Company and the Kenya Post and Telecommunications between 1978 and 1984, and first became part of Kenya Red Cross Society as a medical Officer in 1985.
After several postings in Kenya and abroad, he was seconded by the IFRCS to Kenya in 2001. During his tenure he transformed the society from one that was facing multiple challenges, to a vibrant growing humanitarian organization, for which he was named United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year in 2007.
