Julia Gash is the Founder and Company Director of Bag It Don’t Bin It.  Julia has 20 years of continuous, business experience, achieved predominantly in directional, print-led, fashion as well as first hand retail and political experience.

Her qualifications include a B.A. Hons. in Visual Communication, Post Graduate Diploma in Printmaking from Central St. Martins and a PGCE from Middlesex University.

In the 90's her fashion brand was stocked in the most prestigious stores around the world and won a National Export Award together and an invitation to Buckingham Palace.  Her lingerie retail business in the Noughties achieved international accolade for its creativity and vision.

She is widely regarded as a key national spokesperson on Business, Environmental, and European issues, having contributed to many flagship TV and radio productions on current affairs.  She won Sheffield Entrepreneur of the Year 2010.

She lives with her partner, John Tann, in Sheffield, which has been her home for the past 20 years.