Jane started her career by gaining an Honours Degree in law and then, whilst taking a year out to gain work experience prior to going to law school, she worked in a trade association and subsequently she refocused her career into this area. She was appointed Deputy Director for the Institute of Administrative Management and was briefly Company Secretary at Rolex and Silica Computers. She was then appointed as the first female Deputy Director in the Building Employers Confederation and covered six trade federations dealing with construction in her role as Deputy Director of the Federation of Building Specialist Contractors and subsequently the National Specialist Contractors Council. Jane was appointed Chief Executive of Stone Federation in 2000.