Jules is CEO of Kokoro, a not-for-profit that champions mental health as a foundation for a safer, kinder and more productive world. Kokoro runs the Future Mental Health Collective - a global peer-to-peer network for private funders who include mental health in their giving.
Formerly, Jules was a Managing Director at London & Partners, working closely with the Mayor of London's office to drive thought leadership, city to city collaboration and innovation around areas of passion and importance for London, from cleantech to diversity to the use of data and artificial intelligence to improve public services. She started her career as a UK diplomat, based in Jordan, Iraq, the US, Ethiopia and Guatemala, where she was the UK's youngest ever appointed Ambassador, aged 31.
Jules holds various positions, advising the Climate Cares Team at Imperial College London, the NFL UK Foundation, the Women of the Future Summit, the global learning platform Apolitical and the Unsung Foundation, which supports post-traumatic growth for those who serve on the front line.
In 2016, she was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.
The United Nations’ Paris Agreement to keep global warming to well below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels – and its ensuing legal, financial and implementation frameworks – means that we c...
In late 2008, I was appointed as Britain’s ambassador to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. I was 30 at the time and living in Ethiopia. With a few months to get to grips with Spanish, ...
