PERSON: Julie Inman Grant

Government of Australia

ESafety Commissioner

Julie Inman Grant is an American-born Australian public servant who is currently serving as the eSafety Commissioner, a role in which she leads Australia’s regulator for online safety.

After graduating from university in the early 1990s, Grant was offered a position as a “case agent with the CIA,” but declined the offer as it meant “I wouldn’t be able to tell my friends and family what I was doing”. Grant subsequently started working in the public sector as a policy adviser for United States Congressman John Miller in 1991 and 1992.

From 1995 to 2000, Grant worked as a government affairs manager for Microsoft. In 2000, Grant moved to Australia, and became head of corporate affairs at Microsoft until 2004.

In 2005, Grant became the Asia-Pacific director of internet safety, privacy and security at Microsoft, serving in that capacity until 2009 when she became global director for safety and privacy policy and outreach.

In 2014, Grant became director of public policy in Australia and south-east Asia at Twitter. In 2016, Grant moved to the role of director of government relations in the Asia-Pacific region at Adobe.

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