Dr Julius Gatune is an experience policy expert. He researches and advices governments across Africa on issues of economic transformation. His areas of focus include: Economic transformation policy, Foresight and future trends modelling, agricultural value chains, extractive resources management and institutional strengthening.

He has led over 30 agricultural value chains studies across Africa. He has been involved in advising on extractive resources management in Zambia, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso. He has a Ph. D in Policy Analysis for the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Masters in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the University of Nairobi.