Jo Youle OBE - Chief Executive Officer, Missing People
Jo has led the charity Missing People for over nine years and was awarded an OBE by our late Queen in the Birthday 2022 Honours List. Jo received this award for her services to the families of missing people on behalf of the whole team at Missing People. She was previously Director of Services at the charity and served on the Board of Brook Young People for six years and as Deputy Chair until 2020.
Jo is an executive coach working with people in business, education and the charity sector. Jo was a Samaritan for 10 years, and 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 in the band Scarlet, signed to Warner Music in the 1990’s and best known for hit single ‘Independent Love Song’ which also featured in the film ‘Bed of Roses’.
She 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 politics and supporting the MotheRED project to get more mothers into parliament, a tweeter @joeyyoule and Tedx speaker - Dare Yourself. Jo is an alumna of Windsor Leadership having attended the Experienced Leaders programme.
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