Jo has led the charity Missing People since 2012, awarded ‘Rising CEO by the Third Sector in 2014’ and Top Social CEO on social media in 2015 and 2016. She was previously Director of the Services team at the charity. Jo is also Deputy Chair of Brook and is training in coaching with Meyler Campbell. Jo is a 2018 Grant Thornton Face of a Vibrant Economy representing an organisation with “innovation, growth and purpose at its heart”. In 2022, Jo was received an OBE for her services to the families of missing people.
Jo was a Samaritan for 10 years, and later as a Director of the Central London Samaritans in the heart of Soho. She also had a career in the music industry as a writer with Chrysalis and performer in the band Scarlet, signed to Warner Music in the 1990’s.
Jo is a proud mum of two teenagers, a completer of charity challenges (but not out of planes), an avid reader, piano player (only after a glass of wine), interested in everything politics, tweeter (
@joeyyoule) and
Tedx speaker.
Jo is a regular contributor to Windsor Leadership and is a Leadership Fellow of St Georges House, Windsor Castle.