Jane began her investment career in 1982 at London Business School before moving to Russell in 1984 as their first full-time manager researcher. She moved to Watsons (now Willis Towers Watson) in 1992 to advise institutional investors on strategy, portfolio construction, manager selection and monitoring. She later specialised in researching global equity managers, private equity and infrastructure investments and led the indexation research team. She was on the executive committee for the investment consulting business until leaving in February 2017. Recent roles included oversight of the firm’s inclusion and diversity initiatives and its leadership development programme.

She is now an independent consultant and is a founder member of, project manager and board member for, the Diversity Project, an industry-wide initiative to help create a more inclusive culture in the investment industry. She is a trustee of The Diversity Project Charity and is an associate of Leading Figures, a firm specialising in leadership development.

Jane has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the Queen’s College Oxford, an MSc in Economics (with distinction) from the London Business School (now known as an MBA) and an MSc in People and Organisational Development from the University of Sussex (Roffey Park Institute).