Sarah Venning, Co-Chairman

Sarah Venning joined Harrison and Harrison as a non-executive director in 2007 and became Co-Chairman in 2023 alongside Simon Johnson.  Sarah has held senior roles in Digital Technology at Merlin Entertainments, Pret A Manger and the John Lewis Partnership and sits as a non-executive Director on the board of AO World, the electricals retailer.  She brings her rich experience of technology and digital business, as well as having particular experience in commercial management and corporate governance.  Sarah is deeply interested in how to build teams and achieve high performance, especially in highly specialist or technical areas, and enjoys supporting H&H’s leadership from this perspective. 

Sarah was educated in St Albans and at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.  She is Mark and Katherine Venning’s daughter-in-law, and has three children.