INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Jo Hallas
Appointed on 1 February 2022. Jo is a Member of the Audit Committee and the Compliance & Culture Committee.
Key skills and competencies
Jo has extensive international experience focused on business transformation through both organic and acquisitive growth in global industrial and consumer sectors. She brings valuable expertise which will help Smith+Nephew build upon and achieve our strategic ambitions.
Current external appointments
None
Previous experience
Jo commenced her career at Procter & Gamble based in Germany, the US, Thailand and the Netherlands.
She then joined Bosch where she held a business unit leadership role in their Power Tools division followed by Invensys in 2009 where she ran their global heating controls business unit including launching its first smart home offer.
She then moved to Spectris plc, where she had responsibility for a portfolio of global industrial technology businesses, as well as for the Group’s digital strategy.
From April 2019 to April 2023, Jo served as Chief Executive Officer for Tyman plc where she made sustainability a core foundation of the group’s strategy.
Jo was also previously Chair of the Remuneration Committee for Norcros plc.
Nationality
British