Originally appointed Associate Non-Executive Director 7 February 2022, Non-Executive Director from 15 August 2022

Ms Jones is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales who, after 15 years in external audit at a leading accounting firm, has spent the last 15 years in executive finance director positions in the not for profit and public sector. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of a secondary school academy in Solihull and is an associate director of a company providing audit services to academy schools nationwide.

She has more than 20 years' experience as a Non-Executive Director in social housing and higher education and is currently a Trustee of two local charities.  She was previously the Chair of Audit Committee at Birmingham and Solihull CCG.