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

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- British

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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 2003–12 she was Chairman of

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and from 2014-19 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

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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 1970-71. In 1975, after earning her Ph.D, she went on to work as a project economist with the World Bank in Washington, D.C. From 1986-97, she held a succession of posts, including chief economist at

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and

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

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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 Regulation Reform. She was a non-executive director on the boards of Lloyds Bank and Serco Group from 2001–07, BP from 2001-11, Roche Holdings SA from 2002–16, Jones Lang LaSalle from 2008–19, Deloitte LLP from 2011-14 and ICE Benchmark Administration from 2016-19. Julius was the Chairman of

, formally known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, from 2003-12. From 2014-19 she was chair of the Council of

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

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 2010–17, the China Investment Corporation from 2016–20 and Rock Creek Global from 2004. She was appointed

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(CBE) in 2002 and

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(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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