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Julie Brown

Julie Brown

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, GSK

Diageo•United Kingdom

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Experience38+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

CFO and Executive Director of GSK Board Director Diageo and Audit Chair Chief Operating and CFO Burberry plc CFO of Smith & Nephew plc Member of the Board of Roche and Audit Committee Chair Interim CFO and VP Group Finance of AstraZeneca plc Regional Commercial Vice President of AstraZeneca Latin America ($1.6bn revenue; 3,200 people) Country President of Portugal AstraZeneca ($240m revenue) AstraZeneca: VP Finance positions in all aspects of healthcare value chain KPMG: Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants KPMG: Fellow of the Institute of Taxation

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • DiageoCurrent
    Aug 2024–Present· 2 yrs 2 mos
    • Member, Board of DirectorsCurrent
      Aug 2024–Present
    • Non-Executive Director
      Aug 2024–Present
  • GSKCurrent
    Apr 2023–Present· 3 yrs 6 mos
    • Chief Financial Officer and Executive DirectorCurrent
      Apr 2023–Present
  • Burberry
    2017–Jun 2023· 6 yrs 5 mos
    • Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer
      2017–Jun 2023
  • Roche
    Mar 2016–Jun 2023· 7 yrs 3 mos
    • Member, Board of Directors
      Mar 2016–Jun 2023
  • Smith+Nephew
    Feb 2013–2017· 3 yrs 11 mos
    • CFO
      Feb 2013–2017
  • AstraZeneca
    Nov 1987–2013· 25 yrs 2 mos
    • Regional Commercial Vice President Latin America
      Apr 2010–Jul 2012
    • Marketing Company President
      Jun 2008–Apr 2010
    • VP Corporate Strategy
      Mar 2006–Jun 2008
    • VP Finance and Strategy Operations
      Mar 2003–Mar 2006
    • VP Finance, Global Marketing
      Mar 1999–Mar 2002
    • Interim CFO and VP Group Finance
      Nov 1987–2013

Education

Advanced Management Program

Business Management

INSEAD

Taxation

Institute of Taxation

Taxation

Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

ICAEW

ACA (Chartered Accountant)

Finance and Business

ICAEW

BA First Class Honours

University of Warwick

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Skills & Expertise

21 of 21 skills
Change ManagementMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Financial AnalysisRisk ManagementSales EffectivenessRestructuringBusiness PlanningFinancial ModelingStrategyDue DiligenceStrategic PlanningCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness StrategyStrategic ThinkingBudgetsMergersPharmaceutical SalesManagerial FinancePharmaceutical IndustryForecastingMarket Access