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.