Julian Herbert, Vice President, provides leadership to the ongoing development of Everest Group’s data-centric capabilities and products for our subscription and custom research. Additionally, he is the lead for the firm’s benchmarking offerings in Europe and actively interacts in the marketplace maintaining strong relationships with key research analysts and clients. Prior to joining Everest Group, Julian, a business research and analyst with 25 years’ experience across various industry sectors including wireless communications, telco, construction and fixed assets, worked in the Middle East running a business that tracked large construction, infrastructure and oil and gas projects. His early career was spent as a market analyst tracking developments in the mobile phone markets of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North America. He has spoken at and moderated dozens of conferences across the world including Mobile World Congress, Broadband World Forum, and Arabian World Construction Summit. He has worked in leadership roles at business publishing groups Informa Plc (Telecoms and Media) and Top Right Group (MEED Projects). He is an accredited civil and commercial mediator with ADR Group, a UK-based international alternative dispute resolution network. He is a graduate of Oxford University and has post-graduate qualifications from The Open University and Humberside Business School.