Joanne Austin

Joanne Austin is a Co-Chair of the Ability Employee Resource Group at HSBC. Having epilepsy herself, Joanne is passionate about making sure that everyone with a disability has accessibility to a fulfilling career and is able to meet their full potential. In addition to her own condition, she cares for her son who has autism, her future daughter in law who is a wheelchair user and mother with dementia. This experience gives her a fantastic insight into the needs of those with disabilities and she uses this to help to drive change.