Jo Lewington

"Jo is a trainer - understanding how teams work and helping teams find sustainable solutions to deliver their objectives is essential to Jo's role. Jo needs to ensure that her team are supported in delivering the environmental sustainability strategy for the business and can be flexible to adapt to changing requirements of the business and wider industry."

"Jo is the Chief Environment & Sustainability Officer at Network Rail. Jo leads on the delivery of Network Rail's Environmental Sustainability Strategy to achieve the government’s net zero carbon target by 2050. Jo's team are technical experts in their fields and provide the professional advice and support to the business and the wider industry on environment and sustainability matters. Jo's team ensures that Network Rail is legally compliant and is on the journey to being an instinctive industry leader in this area using innovation to tackle the challenge of decarbonisation of the rail industry."

"After leaving school, Jo attended Sheffield Hallam University where she studied Estate Management and gained a HND. This qualification gave Jo the platform to study a degree in Estate Management at South Bank University in London where she achieved a 2:1 Bachelor of Science degree in Estate Management. Whilst studying at South Bank University, Jo had the opportunity to take a 'year in industry' placement with British Rail Property Board. This provided her with valuable hands-on experience of surveying in practice. Following graduation, Jo worked in a small private-practice in London Docklands where she completed her Assessment of Professional Competence for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Jo then re-joined the railway working for as a chartered general practice surveyor and has worked in the rail industry ever since. Jo moved into the Technical Authority at Network Rail to head up the Environment & Sustainability team in October 2020 using her experience of the built environment and land estate in driving positive sustainable change across the business and the wider industry."

"Jo is a working mum and has two teenage children. Jo enjoys playing tennis and going to the theatre to watch musicals. Jo gets involved in her local village community in rural Buckinghamshire and also enjoys spending time walking in the Chilterns and running in the local area."

"Jo's day starts with checking any urgent e-mails and preparing for meetings. Jo will often have meetings scheduled with her team, internal customers and external stakeholders. Stakeholder management is a large part of Jo's role and supporting her team to drive sustainable change across the business is essential in Jo's role. Additionally, Jo is a member of the Technical Authority leadership team at Network Rail and she attends meetings which focus on the wider Technical Authority team and delivery of key financial and performance objectives for the business."

"HND Estate Management - Sheffield Hallam UniversityBSc (Hons) Estate Management - London South Bank UniversityMRICS - Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors"