“The web holds the power to make people's lives better. I joined Fortune Cookie because we think about the people who use the sites we build.”
Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility
Julie Howell
Director of Accessibility
- Joined Fortune Cookie after 12 years campaigning for web accessibility at RNIB and working with most of the big public service providers and corporates, including BBC, Cabinet Office, Tesco.com, Interactive Media in Retail Group, Disability Rights Commission and British Bankers' Association.
- Founder member of the NHS Care Record Development Board where she worked to ensure the accessibility of new NHS information systems. Technical Author of 'PAS 78: Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites' and founder Chair of Bsi Standard’s web accessibility technical committee, tasked with producing the UK’s first British Standard on web accessibility.
- Awarded New Media Age Effectiveness Award 2005 for 'The Greatest Individual Contribution to New Media', and winner of 'lifetime achievement' award at the Imperatives Digital Awards 2007.


