Jane has worked across a number of Departments in the Government of Victoria, Australia, leading the Government’s policy development and programs in Science, Technology and Innovation for a number of years before taking a position heading the policy division in the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development (DIIRD).  In this role she developed the capacity to provide longer term intelligence to inform Government policy making using foresighting and technology roadmapping techniques. Her final position  with the Victorian Government (until mid-2012) was as Project Director for the Melbourne Markets Relocation Project . She currently works in an advisory capacity with a number of start-up companies focusing on renewable energy and sustainable technologies.

Prior to joining the government Jane was a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.  She also spent two years as Investment Manager – Biotechnology in the Victorian Investment Corporation, a government supported venture capital fund.