Jo Confino

Biography

Jo Confino is executive editor, Impact & Innovation and Editorial Director of What’s Working, at the HuffPost.

He develops long-term editorial projects that are based on social, environmental and economic justice and is a member of the six-strong senior leadership team.

He is currently running several major editorial projects ranging from This New World, which focuses on systems change and the transformation of capitalism, to Project Zero, which is highlighting the 1.5 billion poorest people who suffer from neglected tropical diseases. I

Jo has chaired events and conferences all over the world for the past 15 years ranging from 1500 people down to much more intimate events.

Before joining HuffPost, he was an executive editor of the Guardian and chairman and editorial director of the Guardian Sustainable Business website. During his 23 years at the Guardian, he set up and managed a unique multi-stakeholder development project in the Ugandan village of Katine, and helped create the Guardian global development website.

Jo also created and managed the sustainability vision and strategy for the Guardian and its parent company Guardian Media Group.

He has completed an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath and is also a qualified executive coach and a trained facilitator. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

Jo is an associate of Leaders’ Quest, a social enterprise that works with leaders to create a more equitable and sustainable world, and is on the faculty of the Singularity University.

He is an advisory board member of Parallax Press, a nonprofit publisher, founded and inspired by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, that publishes books on mindfulness in daily life and is a trustee of Theatre for a Change, whose purpose is the empowerment of women and girls, particularly in their sexual and reproductive health.