Julia Unwin CBE

Julia Unwin CBE joined the Joseph Rowntree Foundation as Director on 1 January 2007.

She was previously Deputy Chair of the Food Standards Agency and worked as an independent consultant operating within government and the voluntary and corporate sectors. In that role, she focused on the development of services and in particular the governance and funding of voluntary organisations.

She also served as a member of the Housing Corporation Board for 10 years and a Charity Commissioner from 1998 until 2003.

Among other voluntary roles, she was chair of the Trustees of the Refugee Council from 1995 until 1998.

Julia has long experience as an advocate for the users of housing, health and social care services and recently chaired the King's Fund Inquiry into the operation of the care market for older people.

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