Jane graduated with a BSc (Hons) Horticulture (First Class Honours) from the University of Reading in 1990. She worked in the crop protection industry at Syngenta (and legacy companies ICI, Zeneca, AstraZeneca) in anti-fungal research and product development and latterly in a techno-regulatory product registration role for many years. In May 2020, she became the HortQFLNet Network Manager based at the University of Reading and from May 2020 – February 2021 also worked in the EIT Food Professional Education team developing training programmes and tools to support the agri-food industry. In March 2021, Jane was appointed Project Manager for the ‘Co-production of healthy, sustainable food systems for disadvantaged communities’ project led by Prof. Carol Wagstaff, part of the UKRI SPF ‘Transforming the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment’ five- year project.