JO OWEN is a successful business leader, social entrepreneur and speaker. He is a co-founder of three charities: Teach First, which is now one of the UK’s top graduate recruiters, Future Leaders which develops head teachers for urban schools and StartUp which helps offenders start their own businesses on release from prison.
As a business leader, Jo led a business in Japan for three years; he was a partner at Accenture and was the architect of what is now HBOS business banking. He was also the best nappy salesman in Birmingham and put the blue speckle in Daz.
He has written extensively for the business press and his books include How to Lead and How to Manage (both Pearson). He is in demand as a speaker on leadership, change, organisation, strategy and the corporate tribe. He can be contacted at jo.owen@leadershippartnership.com