Cairneagle Associates, UK. Cairneagle Associates has appointed Julie Mercer as Partner. Julie joins from Deloitte where she was Global Education Lead and responsible for setting up and growing their education practice in the UK. Julie has worked at all levels within the UK education system from supporting organisations spanning early years’ provision to higher education. Julie’s clients include public, private and international education providers as well as governments and she has worked in education systems in the UK, India, Australia, Japan, the Middle East and the USA. Julie brings over 20 years of experience of working with her clients to help design and deliver new operating models to improve service design and quality, reduce cost, improve productivity, open up new markets and grow revenues. She will lead the development of Cairneagle’ higher education and operational consulting practices.