Julia Chapman was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sanne Group plc on 1 July 2018. Julia is also a member of the Remuneration and Nomination & Governance Committees, and was appointed as a Designated NED on 29 January 2019.
Julia serves on the board of three other main market listed companies: Henderson Far East Income Limited, GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited and BH Macro Limited.
Julia is a solicitor qualified in England & Wales and Jersey with more than 30 years’ experience in the investment fund and capital markets sector. Having trained with Simmons & Simmons in London, she moved to Jersey to work for Mourant du Feu & Jeune (now Mourant). She became a partner in 1999 and was responsible for legal, risk and compliance oversight of third-party administration services to alternative investment funds. Up until 2012, Julia also worked at State Street where she was responsible for the internal legal affairs and governance in their European alternative investment services division. She left State Street to focus on the provision of independent directorship and governance services to a small number of alternative investment fund vehicles.