Meet Jo Fairley, founder of Green & Black's Chocolate
Jo Fairley, was the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor before beginning her entrepreneurial journey in 1991 when she co-founded Green & Black.
Format
Event
Location
Chester Zoo
Product Number
12062025-UK
Jo has an inspiring story to tell. Through hard work and determination Jo Fairley became the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor before setting out on her entrepreneurial journey in 1991 when she co-founded Green & Black’s Chocolate, now approaching a £100 million a year brand.
Green & Black’s was born in a recession. As a result, she is well-placed to help and inspire other companies during difficult times:
"It made us lean, agile, quick-thinking, creative and conscious of not wasting a single penny in the budget. Those are the very skills that businesses need, moving forward.
"In addition, we had strong values embedded in our company’s DNA from the word ‘go’ – and despite these financially challenging times, many more individuals are nevertheless opting to support businesses which show they care – about people and planet, as well as profit.’"
Non-members welcome.
Hot-fork buffet, wine, coffee complimentary.
Dress code: casual.
Free car parking
Location
Chester Zoo, 67 Caughall Road, Upton CH2 1LP
Speaker
Josephine Fairley
Leaving school at 16 with six ‘O’ Levels, through hard work and determination Jo went on to become the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor, setting out on her entrepreneurial journey in 1991 when she co-founded Green & Black’s Chocolate, now approaching a £100 million a year brand.
Green & Black’s was born in a recession. As a result, she is well-placed to help and inspire other companies during difficult times.
‘It made us lean, agile, quick-thinking, creative and conscious of not wasting a single penny in the budget. Those are the very skills that businesses need, moving forward. In addition, we had strong values embedded in our company’s DNA from the word ‘go’ – and despite these financially challenging times, many more individuals are nevertheless opting to support businesses which show they care – about people and planet, as well as profit.’
The success of Green & Black's has enabled Jo to become a serial entrepreneur, via an award-winning organic and natural food store/bakery (Judges Bakery), The Wellington Centre (a boutique nine-room wellbeing centre) – both in her home town of Hastings – and most recently The Perfume Society, which sets out to help individuals develop their sense of smell via exploration of fragrance and the scented world. Although Jo has exited this business, she remains editor of its multi-award-winning magazine, The Scented Letter.
In recognition of her work, Jo has received many awards for her own enterprise, including World Aware Award and many Soil Association Awards (both for Green & Black’s and Judges Bakery).
She has also received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Studies from Kingston University, and The Shackleton Medal for leadership and citizenship, from The Scottish Royal Geographical Society.
Jo has been involved in the judging of many different awards, bringing her wide experience to the judging process, including the RSPCA Good Business Awards, YOU/Clarins Dynamisante Woman of the Year Awards and the HSBC Business Thinking Awards.
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