Born in Liverpool in 1962 Joëlle Warren was educated at Withington Girls’ School, Manchester and read economics at the University of Durham before starting her career with Lloyds Bank as a graduate trainee in the City in 1984. She spent ten years in a variety of management roles in corporate banking, retail branches and management coaching, initially in London then in Cheshire.

In 1994 she joined an international search and selection consultancy as a partner in their Manchester office before establishing Warren Partners in 1999. The business has grown through pioneering a different approach to the search and selection process based on trust and openness underpinned by a team of proven business managers. The team has attracted a blue-chip client base and as Managing Director Joëlle recruits at board level, both executive and non-executive roles. In 2003 Warren Partners beat off tough national and international competition to be named as the UK’s best executive search firm.

Joëlle is married to Andrew, a head teacher in inner city Stoke-on-Trent and they have two sons. Joëlle is a Churchwarden and Chairman of her Parochial Church Council and her other interests include hill walking, skiing and entertaining.

Appointed to the Board of Governors in 2001, Joëlle is Deputy Chair.