As the Founder and CEO, Jo leads the team at Fifty Acres and is involved with all projects offering her insight and highly sought after strategic counsel. Jo has over 20 years’ experience in communications, corporate and political advisory roles and journalism making her one of Australia’s foremost strategic advisers. A respected former journalist in the UK and Australia Jo has worked with ITV, Associated Press, Seven Network, SBS, ABC and Fairfax. A trained lawyer she is a Member of the NSW Council of the Public Relations Institute of Australia and on the Boards of the Human Rights Law Centre National Justice Project and Hockey ACT. Jo started Fifty Acres over eight years ago because she wanted to create an agency that supported flexible work and that was motivated by strong values and work in the for-purpose sectors.