Human Capital Governance
Julia Garcia, founder of JGH Partners

Founder

Julia Garcia

Founder & Managing Partner

Julia Garcia founded JGH Partners to advise investors and boards on the leadership decisions that change the value of a company and the way it is governed. Based in Madrid, she works with boards and investors in London and across Europe, the United States and Latin America.

Before JGH Partners

  1. Member of the Executive Committee and Chief Talent Officer

    A listed technology services group

    Human capital through the move to the main market and the entry to the index; an acquisition programme across four jurisdictions; one hiring and capacity policy across six businesses with separate P&L owners; the adoption of AI, governed from the company’s AI committee.

  2. Advisory on governance transitions

    International industrial groups

    Including the succession of a founder-led industrial group into a shared chief-executive structure.

  3. Talent leadership

    Technology and engineering businesses

    Senior appointments, capacity and organisation for technology consulting and engineering firms.

The career above is Julia Garcia’s own, before founding the firm. The mandates of JGH Partners are confidential and are discussed only with each client.

Expertise

Management due diligence · CEO and C-suite succession · Board and committee advisory · Roles, authority and incentives · Post-deal integration · AI in decisions about people

Academic background

Julia’s academic background spans Political Science, Public Administration, International Relations and Human Resources Management. She holds academic qualifications in International Relations from Sciences Po Lille and in Political Science and Public Management from the University of Salamanca. She also completed a Master’s programme in Human Resources Management through the professional college of political scientists and sociologists in Madrid in 2007.

Executive education and memberships

  • Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director, Harvard Business School (executive education, 2025)
  • The Challenge of Leadership, London Business School (executive education)
  • Member, WomenExecs on Boards

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