Julia Unwin CBE
Chief Executive. Julia Unwin was appointed Chief Executive of the Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust in January 2007.
She was a member of the Housing Corporation Board for 10 years and a Charity Commissioner from 1998-2003. Julia was also 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. Julia has researched and written extensively on the role, governance and funding of the voluntary sector.
She previously held a position as chair of the Refugee Council from 1995 until 1998, and is now a trustee of York Museums and Gallery Trust, and (from August 2009) a member of the University of York’s Council. She is also a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute.