Josephine Fairley

Co-founder of Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate

Jo Fairley is a pioneering businesswoman whose life and career have been marked by innovation, entrepreneurship and an unwavering commitment to promoting wellbeing and excellence. Best known as the co-founder of the renowned Green & Black’s chocolate company, now a $100 million a year brand, she is also a respected writer and journalist.

‘If you don’t do it, you’ll never know what would have happened if you had done it.’

Topics

Secret for Business Success
Women in Business
How to Build a Brand
Inspiration
Corporate Social Responsibility
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Issues

Languages

She presents in English.

How she presents

Engaging and passionate, Jo never fails to inspire – and is always happy to network with attendees, offering more direct input to individuals.

Publications

2011
The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible: The Only Steps You Need to Look and Feel Gorgeous for ever
2008
Sweet Dreams: The Story of Green & Blacks (with husband Craig Sams)
2004
The Ultimate Natural Beauty Guide
2001
Organic Beauty (with Gillian Emerson-Roberts)
1997
The Beauty Bible (with Sarah Stacey)

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In Detail

Formerly Britain’s youngest-ever magazine editor, Jo has translated her skills as a journalist into marketing, PR and brand-building. She co-founded and run Green & Black’s, the pioneering brand which created the UK’s first-ever organic chocolate and the UK’s first Fairtrade-marked product, now worth a $100 million a year. Her other business ventures included an organic bakery, a one-stop local food store, an 11-room ‘boutique’ wellbeing centre and a website and networking organisation for people interested in fragrance and the sense of smell. Jo continues to juggle her work as a journalist and author with being a brand ambassador for Green & Black’s whilst travelling the world, sharing the rollercoaster story of how Green & Black’s went from an idea in a bedroom to a global ethical brand.

What she offers you

Through her presentations, Jo now takes audiences through every aspect of growing a business – from the bravery required to taking that first step, through to the practical and emotional aspects of an ‘exit’ strategy – and achieving that all-important (and elusive) work-life balance en-route.