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Jenn Barnett

Position:

Director, Head of ESG & EDI

Company:

Grant Thornton UK

Bio:

Jenn leads Inclusion, Diversity and Sustainability for the sixth largest professional services firm; Grant Thornton. She has deep expertise in psychological culture change and is an executive coaching and leadership specialist. At Grant Thornton, Jenn has designed a leading edge and distinctive I&D and Sustainability strategy, which has transformed the culture to be inclusive, progressing diverse talent, and creating the systems that enable inclusion, diversity and a strong community and environmental focus.  Prior to this role, Jenn was People Experience Director, where she shaped the employee value proposition and influenced senior leaders to change behaviour to improve the people experience.

Prior to Grant Thornton, she worked in senior roles with BAE Systems and BAA at Heathrow, where she led the transformation of people behaviours to improve customer service in preparation for the Olympic Games in 2012. She was recently featured in the Cranfield School of Management 100 Women to Watch 2024 and was selected by her peers as an Inspirational D&I Leader in 2021 to 2024. Jenn is a trustee for GT Foundation, Access Accountancy (a social mobility charity) and Lord’s Taverners (a charity supporting disabled children).

Sessions:

  • Taking a three-pronged approach to your social mobility inclusion strategy
    • Guiding principles – getting in, getting on, belonging
    • Working with external partners to bring in talent; example, Ignite programme
    • Understanding what the extrinsic and intrinsic barriers are and breaking the affinity cycle
    • How role models can help highlight hidden diversity within the organisation and support a sense of belonging

    Day: 27 January 2026

    Time: 11:50

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