Jo French

Jo French is the Director of Education at Forward. She joined the BakerPlatt Group in August 2004.

Jo has worked in offshore financial services since 1988 and in 1991 qualified as a Chartered Secretary. The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators is at the vanguard of Corporate Governance education and promotion.

In 1999 Jo joined BPP Professional Education as a senior lecturer and ICSA Programme manager where her students won many of the international prizes.

In recognition of her work in developing the ICSA Certificate and Diploma in Offshore Administration she was made a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries in 2002.

A committed educationalist, Jo obtained a First Class Law Degree in 2005 (LLB), facilitated through the Open University. She also achieved a certificate in post graduate studies through the University of London LLM programme. Jo is currently undertaking independent research in support of a PHD. She is passionate about the delivery of accessible and innovative training courses.

In July 2009 Jo was appointed Director of Education at Forward, responsible for the leadership and implementation of Forward’s innovative training solutions.

For further information please contact

jofrench@forwardskills.com