Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius, (born April 14, 1949) is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House. An American–

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, Julius is noted as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. She began her active career as a project economist with the

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in Washington and has handled extensive roles in the private sector. From 2003 to 2012 she was Chairman of

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and from 2014 to 2019 was chair of the Council at

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Early life and education

Julius was born the daughter of Marvin and Maxine Julius, and was raised in

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. She earned a BSc degree in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

from

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, and an MA and

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degree in economics from the

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. She holds five honorary doctorates, from the

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, South Bank University,

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, and

Career

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

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From 1986 to 1997, she held a succession of posts, including chief economist at

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and

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New ...

. From September 1997 to May 2001, she was a full-time member of the

Monetary Policy Committee The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a committee of the Bank of England, which meets for three and a half days, eight times a year, to decide the official interest rate in the United Kingdom (the Bank of England Base Rate). It is also respo ...

of the

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, and sat on the Court of the Bank of England until May 2004. She chaired

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's banking services consumer codes review group in 2000–01 and the Public Services Industry Review in 2007-8 for the UK

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was a Departments of the United Kingdom Government, United Kingdom government department. The department was created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department of Trade ...

. 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

, formally known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, from 2003 to 2012. From 2014 to 2019 she was chair of the Council of

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 China Investment Corporation (CIC) is a sovereign wealth fund that manages part of China's foreign exchange reserves. China's largest sovereign fund, CIC was established in 2007 with about US$200 billion of assets under management. In Mar ...

from 2016 to 2020 and Rock Creek Global from 2004. She was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(CBE) in 2002 and Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the

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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. She has written five books and academic papers on subjects ranging from foreign direct investment to strategic planning and corporate governance.

References

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