Testimonials
“Jane made a profound and immediate difference to our business, with her professionalism and determination immediately becoming apparent across the business. Jane led a fundamental transformation across all the areas for which she was responsible, in particular:
1. Leadership. Jane proved excellent at spotting and recruiting appropriate talent into her team, embedding her people and the necessary processes into the business and delivering results through leading by example.
2. Governance. The reason that the initiatives were well implemented and stood the test of time were because they were undertaken with rigour and discipline. A detailed operating model was developed; and everything was supported with clearly articulated business cases.
3. Resilience. Jane’s tenure coincided with a period of remarkable macro-economic turbulence. Jane’s approach and eye for detail stood the business in good stead, as the processes and disciplines she had put in place proved to be resilient even in the face of unprecedented external pressures
4. Stakeholder Engagement. Jane’s impact was further heightened through her approach to stakeholder engagement, as she made the effort to ensure board and investor buy-in; made sure the initiatives were appropriately scrutinised by the risk and audit committees and that commitments were recorded and monitored via the ESG report.
I regard Jane as a consummate expert and authority in her field and would thoroughly advocate her strengths.”
Chairman, Hospitality & Leisure Business
“I had the pleasure of collaborating with Jane on the Executive Board on key matters such as driving trading performance, safety, team engagement, and optimising the organisation structure. Together we delivered several acquisitions and divestment programmes as well as re-engineering the strategy of the business. Janewas the Board member with functional responsibility for Procurement, Property, Fleet, and Corporate Social Responsibility - requiring a broad mix of technical acumen, interpersonal skills and influence.
Jane was the force behind several transformational changes:
Upskilling Procurement to be a strategic business partner
Enhancing efficiency and safety of our 2000+ Fleet
Reshaping the Property portfolio, including terminations and lease negotiations.
CSR strategy - driving society, social, environmental, and economical activities
Jane collaborated with international subsidiaries to develop a group-wide procurement strategy. She designed a global competencies matrix with HR, and delivered a large-scale tender programme for a new Source2Contract system.
We operated in a highly regulated environment and Jane introduced internal controls such as supplier due diligence and safe contractor schemes. Jane also worked alongside Finance Legal, Safety and HR teams to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
In addition to being a highly valued procurement specialist with diverse category knowledge, Jane is a natural collaborator and leader, supported by her emotional intelligence and determination to deliver commercial results. I would highly recommend her as a business leader on a Board.
Chief People Officer, Built Environment Services Provider
“During our many years of working together we built great rapport, with an open and trusting relationship, and I knew I could count on Jane to deliver results.
She has an excellent grasp of the wider business context, collaborating closely with divisional teams and suppliers to deliver a successful operation, and interacting with clients in a professional and supportive way to meet their individual needs.
Jane embedded a culture of business partnering with her team, and ensured we had resilience and governance to meet wider business and client needs.
She was a trusted advisor to the business and has a customer first mentality which is integral to her strategic approach - value for money deals must go hand in hand with quality and service.
She is a very able communicator and very good with people.
Her positivity, enthusiasm and tenacity is hugely contagious and I would highly recommend her.”
CEO Hospitality & Foodservice Business