She is an independent director at Acumen Communication Limited and is a fellow and trustee of the Africa Leadership Initiative EA.

[1] Gichuru attended St Christophers School in Nairobi and at the age of eight and later Green Herald in Bangladesh.

[3] She holds an LLB Law and an MBA from Cardiff Law School University of Wales and Cardiff Business School University of Wales respectively[4] Julie Gichuru initially worked at Capital FM before moving to television as a reporter and news anchor at Kenya Television Network.

[2] She appeared in the Kenyan investigative TV series, The Inside Story, on Kenya Television Network as well as current affairs shows at NTV (Kenya) including political and current affairs programs Showdown, On the Spot, You The Jury and The People's Voice, and the news program Sunday Live and peace and reconciliation program Fist to Five at Citizen TV.

Through ARIMUS Media Limited Gichuru now oversees the production of African content such as Africa Leadership Dialogues, the High School debate platform Great Debaters Contest, entertainment series Maisha and a pipeline TV production of the Fatuma's Voice social Forum.