Julie is EY Global Vice Chair – Alliances & Ecosystems and a member of the EY Global Executive. Julie leads the growth of the global EY organization's strategic alliances business globally, a fundamental part of the EY client proposition, enabling EY to deliver superior business value for clients through award-winning collaboration, co-creation and innovation.

With three decades of experience in professional services, she is responsible for expanding existing EY ecosystems and developing new collaborations, including partnering with the world’s leading and emerging technology and services players. Before this role Julie was EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner, leading a geographic area comprising member firms across Europe, Middle East, India and Africa. Since joining EY in 2001, she has also served as Senior Advisory Partner for key EY global accounts, as Regional Managing Partner for Germany, Switzerland and Austria, as well as Managing Partner for EMEIA Markets.

Julie is the Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and serves on several boards across Europe and the US, such as UN EQUALS, Junior Achievement Europe, Atlantik Brücke and the American Council on Germany. Julie was named one of Fortune magazine’s ‘Most Powerful Women International’. Julie is a dual citizen of both Germany and the US, and studied business in Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Paris. She is qualified as a US Certified Public Accountant.