Jo Heldreich

Jo joined Nottingham City of Literature in 2020 as Finance Manager. Jo qualified as a

Chartered Accountant in 2001 followed by 10 years leading the Finance Department of one

of the East Midlands largest housing providers.

Jo now works with a number of businesses in the not-for-profit sector, helping to build

efficiency and robustness into their everyday processes and working alongside management

and Board to drive the business forward to a sustainable future.

Having gained a BA Hons in Music from The University of Nottingham following a childhood

of playing the violin, Jo is still an active member of Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra.

Why I read

I have always loved to read, often getting in trouble as a child when caught under the covers reading by torchlight way beyond bedtime.

Now I am older I wish I had more time to get lost in a book as only literature and music can successfully take my mind away from the everyday. One book which wonderfully combines the two and has stuck with me is An Equal Music, by Vikram Seth. I was first eagerly turning the pages as I studied towards a degree in music and it seemed so incredibly relevant to my world at the time that I couldn’t put it down. But I suspect if I read it again it would still have me gripped.