Chairman of the Advisory Board, Cambridge Judge Business School
Partner and Co-Founder, MW&L Capital Partners
Non-Executive Director, GasLog
Cambridge affiliations
- MBA, Pembroke College (1992)
- Fellow, Cambridge Judge Business School
Professional history
Julian Metherell is a founding partner of MW&L Capital, an investment firm with interests in shipping, energy and financial services. He is a non-executive director of GasLog, a NYSE-listed shipping company; Well-Safe Solutions; Natural Capital Research; and Chair of Mentors International. He spent 22 years in the banking industry, latterly as a Partner of Goldman Sachs and CEO of its UK investment banking business. In 2011 he co-founded Vallares Capital, a special purpose acquisition vehicle listed on the London Stock Exchange which became Genel Energy following a merger in 2011. Julian was Chief Financial Officer of Genel from 2011-2015.
Society and charity work
- Trustee, The Royal Opera House
- Chairman, Professional Cricketers Association

News and insight
Misc news
New Advisory Board chair
Julian Metherell named new Chair of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Judge Business School, the first Business School alumnus to hold the role.
As a big hitter at banking giants Goldman Sachs, Julian Metherell (Cambridge MBA 1992) was one of the industry's stars. So why did he give it all up?



