Jan founded Kirkpatrick Executive Search & Selection in 2003, to provide an independent and innovative recruitment service to to organisations who value best practice in recruitment.

With an earlier career in information technology management with Distillers and British Petroleum and several years as a managing consultant in the Global Employment Solutions practice at Ernst & Young, Jan has over 20 years experience in executive recruitment.

She delivers assignments in the functional disciplines of information technology, business change, finance, risk and compliance, legal, sales and marketing, research, strategy and business operations.

Her clients are predominantly financial services and information businesses. As well as managing the appointment of senior business specialists and managers, she undertakes large scale recruitment projects requiring multiple appointments and builds talent pipelines for growing organisations.

Jan promotes the development of diversity in management teams, with particular interest in the transition of female executives from middle to senior management.