Jenn Barnett

Jenn is a highly motivated and versatile Global People Director with a strong track record of leading culture transformation across LLPs, Private Equity, and PLC environments. She brings deep expertise in board engagement, strategic business partnering, and delivering sustainable organisational change.

Previous People Director roles at Grant Thornton UK, BAE Systems, and BAA (Heathrow), and a trusted advisor to C-suite, Partners, and senior commercial leaders. Known for shaping organisational change, advancing inclusion, driving ESG priorities, enhancing board effectiveness, and developing future-ready leadership capability.

Skilled in navigating complexity and ambiguity, and embedding people-first strategies that drive commercial growth, strengthen culture, and build inclusive, high-performing teams. Combines commercial acumen, board-level credibility, and high emotional intelligence to deliver pragmatic, data-driven solutions that balance business performance with exceptional employee experience.

Recognised for building and leading high-performing teams and designing scalable programmes that enable inclusive succession, sustainable growth, and leadership readiness for the future of work—leveraging people analytics, capability building, and inclusive leadership practices.

Chair of People and Trustee for Lord’s Taverners and the Grant Thornton Foundation. Qualified Psychologist with an HRD Master’s degree, FCIPD, Executive Coach Supervisor, and NLP Practitioner.