UK for Good welcomes new Co-CEO to lead alongside Donna Okell

Lynne Griffiths and Donna Okell

Today, we are pleased to announce that Founder and Purpose Leader Lynne Griffiths has joined UK for Good as Co-owner and Co-CEO. Alongside this role, Lynne will remain as CEO of AG Comms, an internal communications and employee engagement agency that she founded in 2013.

In 2021, UK for Good was founded by Donna Okell, B Leader and impact expert. After two years of growing this business, Donna has appointed Lynne to help further scale the organisation and embed the strategic behaviours and actions needed to support more UK businesses to be more socially and environmentally accountable.

Donna and Lynne aim to ensure ‘social and environmental impact’ is embedded into every board agenda, so that all businesses understand and are accountable for their impact on all stakeholders, alongside shareholders.

They believe that impact transformation improves the culture of a business, and increases engagement with team members, suppliers and communities. There is clear purpose alignment between our two leaders. They have both led their businesses through B Corp Certification, are members of The Better Business Act Coalition and have declared a climate emergency through their membership of Business Declares. Equality is also a strong theme for both women. For the past five years Donna has been Chair of the charity Neuromuscular Centre, and Lynne is an advisor and funding partner to SHE Changes Climate, and a mentor for The Girls’ Network charity.

Speaking about the new UK for Good leadership structure Donna said: “It was clear from the start that we are aligned on values, purpose, and drive. I believe we can achieve so much more together”

We think this is a great meeting of purposeful-minds and we are excited to see the impact Donna and Lynne make together at UK for Good, and for our members.

You can learn more about Donna and Lynne’s new partnership in their interview here.