Ms. Julia Ip

Julia Ip is the founder and executive director of Project Artist X, the first art-based social enterprise in Hong Kong with a mission to benefit the local community through art. She also serves as a committee member for the Arts with the Disabled Association Hong Kong (ADA), as well as for ADA’s social enterprise arm, ADAM Arts Creation. In addition, she is a director for the Fullness Social Enterprises Society in Hong Kong. From 2010 to 2013, she was on the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Foreign Financial Institutions Association. Julia is a seasoned investment banker with close to 20 years of work experience in global investment banks including UBS, BNP Paribas and JP Morgan. She is also very passionate about art and is an avid art collector, independent art curator, and philanthropist. Julia has a Master of Business Administration degree (Major: Finance) and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree (Major: Psychology; Minor: Statistics) from Queen’s University in Canada.