Julie Ashworth

Julie is CEO of Broadreach, providing specialist leadership consulting services to global blue-chip companies. She began her corporate career with Tesco , leaving her role as a senior executive to compete in the Round the World Yacht race. Julie works extensively as an Executive Mentor and coach with various FTSE 100 companies and has held Retail Director roles with Liberty of London and Punch Taverns. She was Executive Partner at IBM with responsibility for retail across EMEA and the US As well as Chairing the IOD in Scotland, Julie is a Governor of George Watson's College, and a Member of the Court for the Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh Where she Chairs the Strategy and Endowments committees She also spent 3 years as Chair of an award winning retail tech start-up.

Julie is a presenter for WOB's Getting Started, On Track for Success and Board CV workshops and co-leads the Getting to the C-Suite programme. She also works with Rowena and Alison Thorne providing 1-on-1 support to subscribers working on their Board CV. She lives in Edinburgh and is a point of contact for WOB members in Scotland.