Primary Job Title Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer Primary Organization LEBEC
Location Miami, Florida, United States Regions Greater Miami Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Female
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Julia Wilkinson currently works as a Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at LEBEC. Born in Mexico City, and with extensive global experience in markets including Brazil, Julia has nearly two decades of experience in finance, portfolio construction, and investment strategy. She has built a distinguished career in fueling successful
startups, deploying capital towards ground-breaking solutions, and leading impact investing strategies. She brings extensive expertise in due diligence, fund structuring, and value-driven financial strategies across sectors and asset classes.
Since joining LEBEC, she has played a pivotal role in developing innovative finance and sustainability strategies, and crafting financial models and a portfolio approach to impact for leading clients including asset owners in real estate, energy, agriculture, water, and health. At Lebec Capital Partners, Julia sets and oversees the investment strategy and portfolio of investments, alongside managing the team, day to day business operations, partnerships, and reporting.
Julia's financial acumen was honed early in her career at Goldman Sachs, where she was part of a team managing $1.5B in AUM for UHNW and institutional clients through multi-manager global portfolios. She has advised major asset managers including Women’s World Banking and SV Latam Fund Co. She has extensive experience in trading equities, debt, currency, and derivatives, and allocating capital across investment-grade bonds, hedge funds, private credit, real estate, and private equity. Julia also spent two years in venture capital. In private equity, she further refined her financial modeling expertise and structured investment theses for frontier market companies. She has also made direct angel investments in four startups.
Julia holds a Master’s degree from Columbia University and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is trilingual in English, Portuguese, and Spanish and serves as an Endeavor Mentor.
Former Board Chair of Finance for Good Brazil
