Julian Heslop assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer for GlaxoSmithKline in April 2005.
Previously, Julian served as Senior Vice President, Operations Controller. In this role, he was a member of the pharmaceutical operating committee and chaired the capital review team. He was appointed to this position following the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham in January 2001, prior to which he was Financial Controller of Glaxo Wellcome.
Julian qualified as a chartered accountant in 1977 whilst working for John M Winter. In 1978 he joined Stoy Hayward as an auditor. He moved to Imperial Brewing and Leisure in 1979 where he worked in a number of management accounting and strategic planning roles. He joined Grand Metropolitan in1986 and held a number of senior roles in their brewing, property and food businesses and was latterly Group Controller. He joined Glaxo Wellcome in 1998.
