Julie Barale graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Aix-en-Provence with a Master 1 in International Business, a Master 2 in Environment and a last Master in Human Resources Management. She started her career at Grupo Planeta, a large Spanish communication group, and worked on recruitment for the head office in Barcelona and Madrid, particularly in the publishing world. She then became a recruiter for the NGO Action contre la Faim in Spain where she carried out recruitment missions for the head office as well as for humanitarian missions. She joins Grant Alexander in 2019 as a research officer.