Julia is a political and business risk intelligence professional and a scholar in transnational security and counterterrorism policy. Julia brings more than a decade of experience leading complex investigative and intelligence-driven projects across North America and internationally, with a focus on due diligence, litigation support, asset tracing, complex fraud, internal investigations, and compliance-driven inquiries. Before joining Control Risks as a Senior Consultant, Julia held senior roles at Forward Risk & Intelligence and K2 Integrity, where she project-managed sophisticated public-records, open-source, and human intelligence investigations for private-equity firms, multinational corporations, and law firms. She has worked closely with U.S., Canadian, and Mexican law-enforcement authorities on cross-border matters, including investigations into counterfeit pharmaceutical networks, and previously led a Financial Intelligence Unit for a Middle Eastern central bank. Most recently, Julia ran her own investigations and risk advisory business, advising clients on high-risk, time-sensitive, and cross-border matters.
She received a Master of Science in Global Affairs (Summa Cum Laude) at New York University, and specialized on the intersection between Transnational Security and Peacebuilding with a concentration on the Middle East/North Africa region. She has worked for political parties and the Government of Canada, various foreign policy think tanks, as a risk analyst, and as a Consultant at the United Nations Development Programme concerning issues of Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism (C/PVE) in the Arab Region. She pursued her Graduate Capstone program in Amman, Jordan, where she evaluated current C/PVE programming for its effectiveness in addressing the push/pull factors of violent extremism in Jordan and beyond.