Julia is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of the Future of Learning Fund, Africa’s first dedicated early-stage investor in new and improved models of learning. The Fund invests in tech-enabled, scale-focused edtech companies that have the potential to deliver exponential gains in learning and employment outcomes, helping to realize a generational opportunity that exists in Africa to build the talent of the future.

Julia brings over 20 years of strategy, innovation and investment experience in the public and private sectors in the US, UK and Africa. Roles have included: Special Assistant, The White House (Washington DC); Director of Strategic Planning, National Security Council (Washington DC); Vice President of Communications, NBC News/Universal (New York); Manging Director, Markle Foundation (New York); Director of Strategy, BBC World Service Trust (London); and Director of Innovation, Equity Bank Group (Nairobi).

She is a Board Member of Nexford University, Advisory Board Member of Roadtrip Nation, Akili Network, and the Education Design Lab which designs education for the future of work in the United States.