Jane is an HR Leader, Coach and Leadership Training facilitator with 30 years of experience in HR and training and development. She has a passion for developing people and supporting businesses through transformational change, serving as a trusted and commercial HR Director with significant experience working with Senior Board members as coach, mentor and trusted advisor. Most recently, Jane served as People and Culture Director for Barclays in Retail Banking, leading the bank through its transformation to a Digital Bank. She developed an empowered culture where colleagues were encouraged to challenge and generate new ideas, introducing a 'Colleague Council' which presented regularly to the Executive Committee and now represents 25,000 colleagues. Jane has a strong commercial background, having worked in Relationship and Business Banking Manager roles. She was one of the first women to complete the ACIB banking professional qualification in 1990 and completed her degree whilst working full time and raising a young family. Jane is extremely passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and currently mentors and supports a number of start-up businesses.