Jennie has been Chair of CPI since 2017. Jennie has held senior executive positions in world-leading, global organisations with forty years of experience in Philanthropy, Investor Relations, Equity Investment, Corporate Affairs, Communications and Corporate Responsibility in the Healthcare, Financial Services, Higher Education and NHS Charities. She now holds non-executive roles at Chairman level in charity and commercial organisations. Jennie is Non-Executive Chair of Helen & Douglas House, the world’s first children’s hospice; Non-Executive Chair of the Institute of Medical Psychologists; a Trustee of the Chelsea Physic Garden; and on the Development Committee of the Royal Academy of Dance. Jennie is also a Fellow of King’s College London.

Jennie was Executive Director of Development at King’s College and a member of the University’s leadership team, a role she held from 2017 until 2024, raising over £250m in support of strategic priorities for the University and its hospital partners. Prior to that, Jennie was Vice President and Global Head of Corporate Affairs at AstraZeneca; Senior Managing Director at management consultants, FTI Consulting; Global Head of Communications and Client Marketing at Deutsche Bank; and Global Head of Corporate Communications, Corporate Responsibility and Community Partnerships at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

In 2024 Jennie won the “European Women of Achievement Award for Business” for her achievements for women in business.