Dame Julia Unwin

Dame Julia Unwin is the Inaugural Chair of the Smart Data Foundry based at Edinburgh University.

She was the Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation from 2007 until 2016. Previously, she ran a consultancy business for 15 years and has served as a Charity Commissioner, member of the Board of the Housing Corporation, Chair of the Refugee Council and Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency. She was a member of the Council of the University of York and pro-Chancellor until 2017.