Jo Morrell

Jo is an experienced Publishing executive, presenter and mentor, currently working as a Publisher within Octopus books at Hachette UK, managing the legacy of author Michael Mosley amongst other brands in the Health and Longevity space.

She is the former Chief Publishing Officer at The Telegraph Media Group, having joined as Managing Editor of Daily and Sunday Telegraph in 2017. She has over 20 years of experience growing audiences, brands, and revenues through quality content, and, working at the intersection of commercial and creative, she brings a full 360 approach to the business.

Jo was previously a Founding Director of start-up The Pool UK, an award-winning digital news platform by women for women, and has held directorships at BBC, Haymarket Media Group, Future PLC, and Bauer Media.

Since 2002 she has pioneered flexible and supportive policies for women in the workplace, and also featured in the Timewise Power 50 List. She is now an advisor at Firstsource, an AI powered BPO, a NED at Intuitive Events and Founding Supporter of their international Women in Work Summit, and a member of the advisory committee at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing at Oxford Brookes University, where she was educated herself.

Jo is also mum to three teenage boys, alumni of Naturopathic nutrition at CNM, and as a devotee of the practice, is currently finishing the yoga teacher training she originally embarked on (pre kids!) in 2006.