Julian Hirst

Julian is an experienced finance executive and has spent over 20 years in the investment banking and biotechnology industries. He started his career at Lehman Brothers where he spent a decade, based primarily in New York. Julian then returned to the UK to take up the position as European Head of Media at Morgan Stanley, followed by European Head of Technology at UBS. He ended his investment banking career as Head of Corporate Finance and Vice Chairman of Panmure Gordon.

Julian’s career in biotechnology began at Immunocore where he was Corporate Finance Director and played a key role in raising close to $1 billion in three private rounds, a venture loan and a successful IPO on NASDAQ. He went on to join MiroBio (acquired by Gilead) as its CFO before co-founding Yellowstone.

Julian holds a BA in Geography from the University of Oxford and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he was a Thouron Scholar.