Julia Smithers Excell

Julia Smithers Excell serves as the Managing Director and UK Head of Financial Markets Legal at ING Bank UK since April 2022. Additionally, Julia holds the position of Chair for the Legal Advisory Committee at the Association of Foreign Banks, effective February 2024, and is a member of the Board of Directors for The City of London Solicitors' Company since May 2023. Julia's previous roles include partner at White & Case LLP, editorial board member at the Global Banking Regulation Review, and senior regulatory lawyer positions at J.P. Morgan and Citigroup Global Markets. Julia's extensive expertise encompasses areas such as financial regulation, derivatives, and regulatory reform, supported by an academic background from the University of Oxford in Classics and Modern Languages.