Jane Reynaud is the Executive Director, JMI Futures at the James Martin Institute for Public Policy.

Jane has worked extensively across higher education, government and the private sector, driving strategic initiatives, collaborative partnerships and state-significant transformation programs focused on community impact, and economic and social prosperity. Jane joined JMI from NSW Treasury where she was a senior advisor to three Secretaries, overseeing a breadth of portfolios that included skills, education and training, transport, infrastructure, regional NSW, procurement, intergovernmental relations, First Nations, and energy and climate change. She also led Treasury’s corporate planning and performance portfolio, and managed cross-sector delivery and reporting programs with the Treasurer’s and Ministerial offices, the Cabinet Office and the Premier’s Department. Prior to this, as the Chief Operating Officer at the NUW Alliance, Jane developed and led strategic partnerships between Australian and international academic, research, industry and government bodies, delivering new collaborative initiatives that amplified opportunity, access and impact for students and partners. Jane is a skilled communicator with more than 15 years’ experience as a freelance writer specialising in the translation of complex academic and scientific material for lay audiences.

Jane is a graduate of the University of Newcastle, holds Bachelor degrees in health and in design, and has formal certifications in classical music practice and theory.