A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Judy Wagner began her career as a Chartered Accountant and worked in commerce before moving into the recruitment industry and becoming a director of a large UK-wide recruitment business, participating in an MBO backed by 3i plc. She then went on to co-found FWB in 1993.

Judy is a former Non-Executive Director of an Aberdeen based energy company, where she set up and chaired the Remuneration Committee, and was Chair of Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools in Edinburgh. She is an Associate of The University of Edinburgh Business School and Joint Programme Director for the Executive Leadership Programme and The NXD Development Programme. She is Vice Chair of Salvesen Mindroom Centre, a leading charity that champions all forms of neurodiversity and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh.