Non-Voting Directors

In addition to the Board of Directors, the Directors of Strategic Development, Facilities and Corporate Affairs regularly attend Board meetings in an advisory capacity. They are non-voting members of the Board of Directors.

Jacob West - Director of Strategy

Before joining King’s, Jacob was Deputy Director and latterly Acting Director at the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. His role was to advise Number 10 and the Prime Minister on a range of public service reform issues, and was lead adviser on health policy since 2007.

In 2006 Jacob was seconded to the Premier's Office in Queensland, Australia where he helped develop a public health strategy for the State.

Prior to this he worked as a consultant to a number of government agencies in the United States on a range of public service reform issues and was a senior policy adviser in the UK government.

He has a BA from Oxford and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jane Walters - Director of Corporate Affairs

Jane Walters has worked at King’s since 1992, holding positions as Business Manager and Head of Corporate Services. Her early career was in local government, where she held a variety of roles in corporate governance and quality assurance. She was appointed Director of Corporate Affairs in 2004.