Jo Austin is part of the Compass UK & I leadership team, Sales Director for Lime Venue Portfolio and The Venues Collection, and Conference & Events Sustainability Lead for Compass UK & I. She is also a board director for the MIA.

Under her leadership, both Lime Venue Portfolio and The Venues Collection have become multi-award winning, high performance, and highly respected businesses within the marketplace. Added to their commercial success, both brands have also become known for their high levels of innovation, training, and their ability to challenge as well as cheerleader for the industry.

Jo is a passionate advocate for the sustainability agenda in the meeting, conference and events sector. Most recently this has been demonstrated by the brand’s Meetings for Change initiative that has caused mass change within the industry through a closer understanding and interrogation of the impacts on events, food and the environment.