Julie is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with over 20 years’ experience, gained within the public and voluntary sector. As Head of Inclusive Workplace Strategy & Policy at ACAS, Julie is responsible for leading Acas’ Inclusive Workplaces strategy & policy programme to drive more inclusive workplaces across the UK.

With specific focus around EDI workplace related conflict; disability, specifically promoting the benefits of reasonable adjustments; tackling sexual harassment; creating menopause friendly workplaces; neurodiversity; mental health & wellbeing; race; bullying & harassment.

She has successfully developed and delivered strategic D&I initiatives relating to employment and service delivery and is one of the country’s most experienced professionals in this field.

Over the years, Julie has developed and sustained robust corporate diversity and inclusion infrastructures including internal diversity staff networks and diversity champions, a wide range of positive action initiatives, internal diversity monitoring across all diversity strands, award winning diversity campaigns in order to increase awareness of diversity and inclusion and its relationship with cultural change, along with a suite of diversity and inclusion training packages, including unconscious bias and inclusive leadership.

Julie is passionate about diversity and inclusion in the workplace and strives to create an environment where people can be themselves at work. She is proud to be a diversity ally and a champion for mental health awareness, often sharing her own personal story about living with anxiety caused by PTSD.

Julie is a proud mum to her daughter Jasmin, and grandmother of two grandsons Isaac and Ruben.