Jayne King

Jayne is based in North Yorkshire, and recently retired as Director of Finance at the British Library after eight years. Prior to this she had a long career as the Director of Finance for a large Metropolitan Probation Trust.

Jayne is values driven and has a passion for ensuring value for money in public services. Her long accountancy career has spanned social housing and care, higher and further education, criminal justice, libraries and culture.

Jayne is also a Non-Executive Director of Verity Trustees Limited where she is a member of the Board, the Funding Committee, and the Remuneration and Appointments Committee. Until December 2025, Jayne had also been a Trustee and Chair of the Finance, Audit and Resources Committee of Think Ahead, a charitable organisation that recruits, trains and promotes the mental health workforce.

Jayne is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant and has an MBA from the University of Durham. She lives in North Yorkshire and enjoys table tennis, photography and travelling.