Joanne Wright

Group People and Culture Director

“SRG keeps people and culture as a meaningful priority and discussion point”

About Joanne

Joanne has spent over 15 years working in People and Culture and has held senior roles in banking and insurance, providing HR strategy to international leadership teams. Throughout her career, Joanne has always been interested in human behaviour, what drives people in successful businesses and supporting leaders. Joanne’s roles have taken her to many locations across the UK, America and the Middle East but her main career highlights have been the great teams she worked in, their support, and the friends she has met along the way. At SRG, Joanne is responsible for delivering a globally consistent but locally relevant people strategy; aligning culture with commercial growth and creating a safe and enjoyable workplace that we can all be proud of.

Career to date

The main reason Joanne joined SRG was because she knew Warren and Lee’s goal to build a people first business was genuine. She felt that HR had been in the shadows for many years, so it was a real turning point in her career to be able to lead a people strategy that had buy-in and support at the top level. The role at SRG was a huge opportunity for Joanne, to share the same core values as her colleagues and to build something we’re all proud of, and can take responsibility for, is important to her. Joanne’s role in leading the people and culture strategy at SRG is challenging but so fulfilling, especially when she sees our colleague’s success and achievements. Being appointed as a Board Director in 2021 was a significant proud moment in Joanne’s career and is significant in terms of what we’re striving to achieve as a people first business. SRG keeps people and culture as a meaningful priority and discussion point and to be part of a leadership team who really care, is a wonderful opportunity.

Culture

Life Outside of Work

Anyone who knows Joanne will know she is a foodie! Her weekends mainly consist of eating out and trying new places. Joanne enjoys fashion, formula 1, keeping fit and loves to travel and explore different cultures – Japan is top of the list! When Joanne is at home her favourite thing to do is spend time with friends and family, who she adores. Joanne is lucky to live by the Essex seaside, so she enjoys taking a breather at the weekend and enjoy the nice walks. Her favourite role above all others is her job as ‘Auntie JoJo’, to her two gorgeous nephews. Joanne has had many great mentors throughout her career so she tries to support younger mentees in navigating though whatever life throws at them! She is also a great believer that there’s a lot to learn from those who paved the way for us so, she thoroughly enjoys making friends with those in the older community through a brilliant charity called AgeUK.

Leadership

Executive Leadership Team

Our leadership team epitomise the traits we value across SRG: kind, positive and thoughtful. They set the tone for our culture, creating an environment that supports opportunity, encourages inclusivity, and makes SRG an enjoyable place to work.

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