GBEA winner – Business Leader of the Year Award – Jo Plummer

Jo Plummer, affectionately known as the ‘positive provocateur’, is relentless in her drive to positively shape the future of the organisations with which she is engaged.

A highly experienced business strategist, facilitator and mentor, Jo has worked across large commercial corporations, small to medium enterprises, government entities and not-for-profit environments.

Her portfolio is broad and features several board and committee chair roles, including her current appointments with Barwon Water and the Country Fire Authority (CFA), where her trademark is aligning customer and community expectations with sound commercial, social and environmental outcomes.

Jo also manages her own coaching business, Out of the Box Executive, which she describes as a professional renovator for boards, committees, directors and business owners.

Working with organisations to improve their performance, Jo challenges the status quo and promotes an ‘out of the box’ philosophy that extends from the way she engages with her clients through to her collaborative approach to problem-solving.

She derives tremendous joy and pride from helping organisations and individuals to perform at their optimum and challenging them to deliver outcomes beyond their purpose and value proposition.

An equalist with an approach that puts people and the environment before profit, Jo is also passionate about enabling women in business and is dedicated to helping others gain a seat at the table so they can enjoy an equal playing field.

Impressed with her desire to influence the greater good, the judges have named Jo Plummer this year’s Business Leader of the Year, sponsored by bay 93.9. The award celebrates a business professional who has demonstrated successful leadership skills.

“The judges were impressed with Jo and what she has provided to numerous businesses through her own executive coaching, as well as her work with boards and chair position on boards,” chair of the judging panel Simon Flowers said.

“Jo was able to demonstrate how her years of strategy, change management and ESG has influenced boards as well as government policy for the better.

“Her position of promoting diversity as well as shutting down barriers was great to hear.

“The judges loved her mantra of ‘Not failing until you stop trying’.”

To find out more, head to Out of the Box Executive.

Sponsored by Bay 93.9

Bay 93.9 is an independent, family-owned ‘feel good’ radio station that values its part in the local community.

Its team is passionate about local business and fuelling its clients’ success.

A proud partner of the Geelong Business Excellence Awards, bay 93.9 is this year’s sponsor of the Business Leader of the Year Award.

With an all-local live on-air team and a dedicated and well-resourced newsroom, bay 93.9 works hard to deliver Geelong, the Bellarine and Surf Coast entertaining, informative, relatable radio; the best feel-good music from the 80s; unbiased, ethical news; and client messaging that delivers effective, measurable results.

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