Julian is a business graduate and qualified accountant with over 25 years finance experience. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1992 and qualified as an accountant and worked for PwC until 1998 performing a wide range of external audit, internal audit and consulting assignments in both the commercial and public sector, including the establishment and audit of Grant Maintained Schools. He joined KPMG in 1998 as Head of Operations for the Infrastructure and Government Department managing a diverse portfolio of clients and delivering fee income of circa £100m on behalf of 5 Partners and managing 6 sub departments of 100 audit staff and 80 consultants based in Glasgow, Manchester, London and the Midlands. He was part of the team that raised the finance for the Cardiff Bay Regeneration and also consulted on Manchester’s delivery of the Commonwealth Games.
For the last 15 years Julian has worked for HomeServe Plc (formerly South Staffordshire Group Plc) in a number of senior finance and operational roles, including Group Assurance Risk and Best Practice Director, Property Repairs Finance Director, Buildings Division Finance Director, Group Financial Projects Director, HomeServe Membership Ltd Compliance Director and Global Quality and Best Practice Director. During his career Julian has developed a strong understanding of Governance and Oversight whilst delivering results in a dynamic and changing environment. He has significant experience of working with Boards, Audit Committees and Regulators