In 2021, Jean joined Smith+Nephew (S+N) and was Founder and Global Head of the PRIDE Employee Inclusion Group (EIG). S+N marked Pride Month for the first time, running a series of articles on allyship, the experiences of being LGBTQIA+, and hosting as guest speaker one of the UK’s first openly gay fighter pilots. The PRIDE EIG sponsored ‘On Christopher Street: Transgender Portraits’ at the Brooks Museum (Memphis), the first major exhibition in the central USA focusing on the transgender community. The EIG marked Pride Month 2022 by sharing stories about LGBTQIA+ parenting, queer people of color, and identifying as transgender in addition to hosting speakers including Eric Marcus (Making Gay History) and Michelle Visage (RuPaul’s Drag Race), achieving over 300 members. Jean participated in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as a Pride flag bearer, marking the first time LGBTQIA+ communities were represented during a UK Monarch’s celebrations. Jean is Treasurer Trustee for Stonewall, the most prominent LGBTQIA+ rights organization in Europe, and recently ran 3 marathons (Berlin, London and Chicago) in 3 weeks in support of Stonewall, raising over £10,000. Jean joined Pets at Home in October 2022 and looks forward to progressing the diversity and inclusion mandate in the organization.
