Julia has created a highly diverse leadership team at Carnival Corporation by hiring and promoting people of colour.  Her direct staff is over 40% people of colour and that percentage is continued at deeper levels. As the most senior woman of African descent at Carnival Corporation & plc, she has purposefully and intentionally built a diverse leadership team through hiring and promoting from within. Julia’s team is known for having driven transformational results to the company and is recognized internally and externally within the cruising industry. She has been recognised in Black Enterprise’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America, and in their Top 100 leaders in Corporate America, in addition to being recognised in Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Leaders in Corporate America.