Julian Strong is the Director of Planning & Performance at King’s College London. On secondment from his substantive position as Director of Operations in the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES), Julian’s portfolio includes financial performance and resource management, policy development and corporate initiatives.

Prior to King’s, Julian worked in local government starting on the national graduate programme and latterly in democratic services. Julian holds an MSc in Management from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol, with postgraduate qualifications in public relations (CIPR) and organisation design (Cranfield University). He is a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the CMI.

Julian is a commissioned cadet forces officer in the Royal Navy’s Volunteer Cadet Corps and serves as a magistrate in London’s central division.