About Jo Melville

Jo Melville is an accomplished sustainability and engineering leader with nearly twenty years’ experience driving emissions reduction, product innovation, and organisational transformation across manufacturing and heavy equipment sectors. An engineer by training, she combines strong technical expertise with strategic, commercially focused decision making. Her upbringing in East Africa shaped her passion for sustainability and global impact.

Jo is the Group Sustainability Director at WJ, the UK’s market‑leading road marking and highway safety business, joining in December 2025. Previously at JCB, she held senior roles including Head of Group Sustainability and Group Programme Manager for Propulsion. She contributed to major global emissions compliance initiatives, introduced advanced aftertreatment technologies, and helped develop industry methodologies for product carbon footprints. Her career began at Johnson Matthey, supporting automotive OEMs with pioneering emissions control solutions. Jo is recognised for her analytical strength, collaborative leadership, and ability to motivate teams.

Outside work, Jo is mum to two boys, enjoys gardening, travel, and running, and is a capable DIYer. She has re‑wired and re‑plumbed two houses, built patios and garden features, and previously served as a school Governor and Chair. An adventurer at heart, she has travelled widely and completed challenges including Kilimanjaro and the Inca Trail.

Jo has served on Business in the Community’s West Midlands Leadership board since January 2026.