Episode 006 - Julie White

Engineering Success interviews Julie White the Managing Director of D-Drill a specialist diamond drilling and sawing company having completed a management buy-out from her father in 2008. Celebrating 50 years trading D-Drill has the UK's largest branch network in its sector with an unrivalled team of experts. Under Julie's leadership D-Drill has won numerous industry accolades including the coveted 'Diamond Award' from the International Association of Concrete Drillers & Sawers (IACDS) Julie is the only woman running a business in this specialist sector and is the first woman appointed to a professional body for the industry having joined the Board of Directors for 'The Drilling and Sawing Association' and is now the President of the World Association. Chairing 'Training and Skills' Julie has the honoured position to sit as Director on the Main Strategy BuildUK Board. In 2011 Julie was chosen as the Vitalise Businesswoman of the Year and has appeared on many programmes in radio and television including BBC Question Time, The One Show, BBC Breakfast and has reviews in tabloids including The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph.

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Engineering Success is a podcast dedicated to help promote the engineering industry and careers in STEM related fields. Creating greater awareness about the amazing opportunities engineering can offer, we interview influential leaders, inspiring engineers, and STEM professionals who are changing the perception of engineering. Discussing their routes into the engineering, and other STEM related industries, we explore their engineering journey, talking about the challenges we face as engineers, how engineering needs to embrace change, and how engineering shapes the future of all our lives.