EMMA JESSON RETURNS AS LEGAL AWARDS HOST

Frequently recognised for her sunny “Bye Bye” sign-off, Emma Jesson is a popular face of ITV Weather, one of the longest serving weather presenters and friendliest personalities on TV.

Living and working for more than two decades in Birmingham, she also feels very at home in our inclusive and thriving city.

Her grandfather, Major T.E. Jesson, was a barrister and magistrate, and it was believed that she would follow in his footsteps, however, she originally trained in veterinary medicine, then side-stepped into TV in her year off. And the rest, as they say, is a paragraph on Wikipedia…

She started out as a colourful, quirky regular on national breakfast TV and could currently pop up in any part of the country with your forecast. She produces and presents news features and contributed to various network TV shows designed to help lift people’s spirits during the pandemic.

She regularly hosts events across the UK and Europe – pharmaceutical conferences in Frankfurt, awards dinners for National Grid US/UK in London and is booked year-on-year by other clients such as Coca Cola, Reach plc, BMW, Cadent, Institute of Asian Businesses, Kellogg’s, the British Chambers of Commerce, Enzen Global - both face-to-face as well as hybrid combinations during the pandemic.

Emma is honoured and delighted to be invited back to host our Birmingham Law Society awards presentations. She has just finished playing ‘Fairy Forecast’ in pantomime and promises to weave some magic on the night! Emma sends her warmest congratulations to the award finalists – and hopes that all our guests have a memorable and inspiring evening.

Twitter: @EmmaJessonTV Instagram: @ the1emmajesson

GREEN & BLACK’S CHOCOLATE CO-FOUNDER WILL BE GUEST SPEAKER AT LEGAL AWARDS 2023

Jo Fairley is Co-founder of the pioneering sustainable and Fairtrade chocolate brand, Green & Black’s. Leaving school at 16 with six ‘O’ Levels, through hard work and determination Jo went on to become the UK’s youngest-ever magazine editor, setting out on her entrepreneurial journey in 1991 when she co-founded Green & Black’s Chocolate, now approaching a £100 million a year brand.

The success of Green & Black's has enabled Jo to become a serial entrepreneur, via an awardwinning organic and natural food store/bakery (Judges Bakery), The Wellington Centre (a boutique nine-room wellbeing centre) – both in her home town of Hastings –along with two web ventures. She is author of 25 books and works as a consultant to brands across the food, beauty and perfumery worlds, on sustainability, branding and marketing.