Julie Hood
In today’s fast-paced world, transactions are not what they used to be. We support fast-track value creation in the context of inclusive growth and a changing macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape.

Julie Hood

EY Global Deputy Vice Chair – Strategy and Transactions

Passionate ambassador of an entrepreneurial mind-set in the workplace. Aspiring digital guru. Avid supporter of innovation. Trained architect. Youth mentor. Charity volunteer. Mother.

Julie is EY Global Deputy Vice Chair – Strategy and Transactions (Strategy and Transactions). Alongside her teams, which span 90 countries, she helps address pressing business challenges, helping companies better manage their capital across strategy, corporate finance, buying and integrating, selling and separating and reshaping results.

In her 16 years at EY, she has advised clients across the power and utilities, financial services, industrial and consumer products, infrastructure and government sectors in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Julie was one of the founding members of EY Global Operational Transaction offerings. Prior to her current role, she was EY Oceania Strategy and Transactions Leader and an EY Asia-Pacific Advisory Council member. Before joining EY, Julie worked in the higher education sector and ran her own design consulting and construction business.

She received an Executive MBA from Melbourne Business School, a bachelor’s degree in Management from Deakin University and a Diploma in Architecture from UniTec NZ.

How Julie is building a better working world

“I am building a better working world by being part of EY Strategy and Transactions as we support the flow of capital across borders, help bring new products to life and help organizations to reshape themselves for a better future. In that sense, EY Strategy and Transactions helps foster growth and prosperity, creating economic and social value and influencing the next generation of talent around the globe.”

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