DeAnne Shirley Julius is a former CIA analyst and a British

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-based American

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 economist

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, notable as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee

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 of the Bank of England

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. She has also worked at the World Bank

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 and extensively in the private sector, and since July 2003 she has been Chairman of Chatham House

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 in London

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. She is currently a non-executive director of BP

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 and Roche Holding Ltd and a vice president of the Society of Business Economists

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Julius obtained a BSc

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 in economics

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 from Iowa State University

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, and a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 from the University of California

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After graduating, she began her career at the CIA. Julius then went on to work as a project economist with the World Bank in Washington

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, D.C. She later held a succession of posts, including chief economist at British Airways

British Airways

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 and Royal Dutch Shell

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. From September 1997 to May 2001, she was a full-time member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, and also sat on the Court of the Bank of England until May 2004. She chaired HM Treasury

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’s banking services consumer codes review group in 2000/1.

She is the author of five books and academic papers on subjects ranging from foreign direct investment to strategic planning and corporate governance. She holds four honorary doctorates, from the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

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, University of Birmingham

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, South Bank University

London South Bank University

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 and the University of Bath

University of Bath

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Julius was awarded the CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 in 2002.

She is married to Ian Harvey, formerly Chief Executive of BTG plc.

In October 2008, she joined Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle

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's Board of Directors.