Background
His father played rugby for Newport and was a reserve for Wales.
His father played rugby for Newport and was a reserve for Wales.
Bachelor, Stirling University, Scotland.
He was the chief executive of Old Mutual plc, an international long-term savings group until October 2015. Roberts has a Bachelor degree from the University of Stirling, where he played rugby for the first team He qualified as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1983, and moved into the insurance industry, working for C East Heath, in 1987.
He was Chief Executive of Old Mutual from September 2008 until October 2015, having joined the company in August 2000 as Group Finance Director, moving on to become Chief Executive Officer of Skandia following its purchase by Old Mutual in February 2006.
Prior to joining Old Mutual, he was Group Finance Director of Sun Life & Provincial Holdings plc and, before that, Chief Financial Officer of Aon United Kingdom Holdings Limited. He was also a non-executive Director of Nedbank.
Julian Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.