Jo Wright has been named as a new Non-Executive Director (NED) of Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA). Jo was appointed for four-years in May 2025 to bring finance and accounting expertise to the CGMA Board and she replaces Catherine Dugmore, who was an interim NED for the last five months.

Jo is a Chartered Accountant who has had an extensive career in finance with more than 25 years in senior finance leadership positions. She is currently a NED and Audit and Finance Committee Chair for London & Partners, the growth agency for London with the mission to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and inclusive.

Her previous roles include CFO of Fintech businesses 11:FS and Thought Machine, CFO of private equity backed Auction Technology Group, CFO of Nickelodeon and various senior finance roles at Sky.

Jo specialises in finance team transformation; providing strategic direction, risk management and commercial business partnering, and has created successful finance teams that were integral to driving a culture of robust financial governance and data informed decision making to deliver sustainable good growth while enabling the entrepreneurial spirit to thrive. She brings deep experience of finance leadership in large corporations and high growth SME private equity and VC backed companies in industries spanning television, digital media, fintech and ecommerce.

CGMA is a public corporation that is accountable to Defra. CGMA runs New Covent Garden Market (NCGM), the UK’s largest fresh produce market, in Nine Elms, London.

Jo’s appointment has been made in agreement with the Governance Code on Public Appointments. All appointments are made based on skills and qualifications, and political activity plays no part in the selection process. The Code requires appointees to declare any significant political activity in the past 5 years. Jo Wright has not declared any political activity in the past 5 years. The role is remunerated at a rate of £520 per day.

Wanda Goldwag OBE, Chair of Covent Garden Market Authority, said: “I would like to welcome Jo to the board at a key time for New Covent Garden Market. Her four-year term will encompass the completion of the redevelopment programme that will cement this Market’s position as a crucial hub in the supply chains for fresh food and flowers for London and the South East of England. Jo has an ideal background to contribute to this phase in the Market’s evolution.

“On behalf of my Board, my thanks also go to Catherine for her invaluable input over the last few months. We wish her well in her future endeavours.”