Global Affairs Advisor
Julie Bishop
Biography
Julie Bishop is Global Affairs Advisor to Wildcat Equity Partners. Her firm, Julie Bishop and Partners, was established in 2019.
She served as Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 until 2018. She was the first woman to hold the role, and the first woman to serve as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, a position she held for 11 years.
As Foreign Minister, she was responsible for strengthening Australia's key strategic and economic relationships, with ministerial responsibility for more than 5,000 departmental staff, 110 overseas missions and several government agencies, including the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
In 2014 she was made a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs for her role in the international response to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
In a political career spanning more than 20 years, she also served as Minister for Education, Science and Training, Minister for Women's Issues and Minister for Ageing.
Before entering politics, she was Managing Partner of the law firm Clayton Utz in Perth.