Julia trained as a Chartered Accountant at Touche Ross (now Deloittes) in London. Once qualified, she moved to the Midlands and worked in Management Accounting and Taxation of a Blue Chip company before ‘retiring’ to raise a family.
Within 3 months of ‘retiring’, Julia returned to part-time work for Kaplan and was lecturing trainee chartered accountants at Kaplan and FBT from 2000 to 2013. She joined the University of Birmingham in 2014.