Julio Bruno is an international media, travel and entertainment executive with global leadership roles including as the former CEO for Time Out Group. He is also an award-winning advocate for diversity and inclusion. 

Julio studied for an International Business degree at Birkbeck and is an Advisory Board member for the Birkbeck/Central Saint Martins MBA. 

Julio founded his company, BR1 creative, at the end of 2021, working with the start-up community as an investor and board director, and as strategic advisor for a number of international companies. 

For his Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work, he has been selected in the 2021 Heroes Advocate Executive list, celebrating the Top 35 global leaders championing and advocating for women in the workplace; Top 50 EMpower Advocate Executive 2021 list of global leaders advocating for ethnic minorities; and Top 100 OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model global list 2021.