Jo Barnes

Jo is Managing Director of Sewell Estates, part of Sewell Group, which is made up of Sewell Investments, Sewell Construction, Sewell Facilities Management, Illingworth and Gregory, Shared Agenda, Community Ventures and Parallel Data Intelligence. Sewell Group operates across the built environment from consultancy advice and data mapping, to investment, construction and facilities management. The group is part employee owned, works across the UK, is a ‘Queens Award for Enterprise’ winner for the work that the company does to improve social mobility, as well as recognised in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Company To Work For list.

Jo joined Sewell Group 15 years ago after a 14 year career in the public sector working in regeneration vehicles across the North of England and Scotland, latterly as Economic Development Director at Hull’s Urban Regeneration Company, Hull Citybuild Ltd. Jo is also a Director of the Humber Freeport company and lives in East Yorkshire with her husband and sons.