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Julia Middleton

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Julia Middleton (born in London) is the CEO of Common Purpose UK founded in 1989, and an author. Her works include Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World. As well as being the CEO of Common Purpose UK she is a trustee of the UK training and leadership charity Impetus and a former member of DEMOS. Julia Middleton was an independent assessor for the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments and is a trustee of Alfanar and the Media Standards Trust and is also a member of the Shadow National Advisory Board of the UK National Centre for Diversity.

Early Life

Julia Middleton was born in London to a Northern English family from Bolton, Lancashire. Growing up she lived in several European cities and in the US. Julia was educated at French state schools and returned to the UK at the age of 16 to sit her Baccalauréat at the French Lycee in London. Following this she attended the London School of Economics where she studied an Economics degree before going on to join Demos(UK think tank).

Her early career was spent at the Industrial Society, except for a brief time as Employee Relations Manager at Belgian oil company Petrofina.