Julie Barton DL is co-owner and HR Director at Forge Europa, an LED lighting company based in Ulverston and Dalton-in-Furness, and was instrumental in the company being awarded a Queen’s Award for Outstanding Innovation.

Julie grew up in Ulverston and serves as a Deputy Lieutenant of Cumbria, a trustee of The Sir John Fisher Foundation, a catechist in her home parish in Ulverston and as a CCF Furness Grants Committee member. She is a past High Sheriff of Cumbria (2020-21).