Julia Hawkins

Julia is a graduate of London School of Economics, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in social policy and administration.

Julia joined LocalGlobe, an London, England-based VC firm, in 2018 as a Partner. LocalGlobe invests in UK technology firms; Julia focuses on media and HealthTech investments. 

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Previously, Julia was a Digital Strategy Manager at Universal Music, setting up the company's first corporate venture arm. She joined Universal Music from BBC Worldwide, where she worked in the Central Corporate Strategy team across the portfolio of digital businesses. Prior to that, Julia was Last.fm's 35th employee, hired to establish their commercial efforts and was there through the CBS acquisition. 

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She started her career at Goldman Sachs in Credit Research before moving to support the Chief of Staff on cross-divisional special corporate projects, including evaluating the opportunity for Goldman Sachs in Russia and other Emerging Markets.

As a member of Class 18, Julia served her fellowship at Universal Music Group under the mentorship of David Sharpe, COO.