Julia started her career as a litigator in corporate and commercial private practice before joining the financial services industry 15 years ago. Julia has held global roles located in Singapore, Australia and London covering legal, compliance and governance. Julia is the Standard Chartered voting representative of the AGC and the Middle East and Africa Committee AGC chair. Prior to becoming the Head of Global Advocacy for the Securities Service business at Standard Chartered, Julia held the roles of Head of Legal and also Head of Compliance for the Securities Services and Corporate Agency and Trust business.