Principal Data Governance Lead · UK
Julia Magnus-George
A decade working across higher education, technology and the public sector, making data something people can actually trust and use. Always happy to talk about it.
Career
Where I've worked
The highlights — happy to talk through the rest.
Jisc
UCAS
University of the West of England
Wiley Edge · King's College London · Warwick Business School
Work
Selected work
Metadata management
Built and managed the business glossary, data catalogue, data dictionary and lineage mapping.
Salesforce data quality
Led a data cleansing exercise on Salesforce data to improve data quality.
Student data ETL migration
Delivered an ETL migration for a 500,000-record student data system.
Inclusive Education Strategy
Led the data analysis and reporting behind a college-wide strategy review.
Data consultancy & published report
Coordinated a cross-functional project through to a public analytical report.
Expertise
What I work on
Business glossaries, data catalogues, lineage mapping, governance frameworks — embedded in how teams already work.
Dataedo · Databricks Unity Catalog · DAMA framework
End-to-end analytical work, from raw data to something a stakeholder can act on — including knowing where it breaks.
Python · SQL · Power BI · Tableau · SPSS
Complex migrations and system implementations — ETL, mapping rules, validation and cutover.
Salesforce · Azure · AWS · Databricks · Azure DevOps
Translating between technical and non-technical audiences, so governance frameworks actually get used.
Briefings · Published reporting · Mentoring
Certifications
Credentials
Education
BA (Hons) Sociology with Psychology First Class HonoursContact
Get in touch
If you're working on something similar — governance, metadata, data quality — or just want to say hello, I'd like to hear from you.