DeAnne Julius

Career After graduating, Julius began her career at the CIA as an economic analyst from 1970 to 1971. In 1975, after earning her doctorate, she went on to work as a project economist with the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

From 1986 to 1997, she held a succession of posts, and the Public Services Industry Review in 2007–2008 for the UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

She was a non-executive director on the boards of Lloyds Bank and Serco Group from 2001 to 2007, BP from 2001 to 2011, Roche Holdings SA from 2002 to 2016, Jones Lang LaSalle from 2008 to 2019, Deloitte LLP from 2011 to 2014 and ICE Benchmark Administration from 2016 to 2019. Julius was the Chairman of Chatham House, formally known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, from 2003 to 2012. From 2014 to 2019, she was chair of the Council of University College London.

Board memberships and honours Julius has served on a number of corporate boards, as listed above. She has also been a member of the International Advisory Boards of Temasek from 2010 to 2017, the China Investment Corporation from 2016 to 2020 and Rock Creek Global from 2004.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to international relations.

Julius was appointed Usher of the Blue Rod of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George on February 11, 2016.

Personal life Julius is married to Ian Alexander Harvey, formerly chief executive of BTG.