Julia is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Meridiam Infrastructure. She is a Commissioner at the National Infrastructure Commission, a member of the UK Investment Council and was a Commissioner for the International Development Infrastructure Commission. She is a Director of the Fulcrum Infrastructure Group, a non-Executive Director at the Port of Tyne and a non-Executive Director of the multilateral group, P4G, based in Washington. In addition, she is a member of the Advisory Board of Glennmont Partners, a fund focussed on renewable energy and an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School, University College London.

Julia has an extensive history and background in infrastructure investment, having acted as an investor, adviser both to Governments and to the private sector and provider of debt and junior funding in respect of a large number of major infrastructure projects around the globe over decades. Julia’s past roles have included Head of Project Finance at Hill Samuel in London, Co-Head of Project Advisory at Charterhouse Bank and Senior Director and Head of Eurozone Infrastructure Finance at Bank of Scotland. She was previously a non-executive director of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, Infraco Africa Investments and Infraco Asia Investments.