Leadership and communications coach, Jane is the founder of Perceval Associates, a consultancy focused on helping asset managers deliver more compelling messages to their investors. Jane occupies a special position in the institutional investment arena that comes from her ability to diagnose the underlying problems that get in the way of money managers, and provide successful solutions that help them attract and retain capital.

Since 1996, Jane has advised many of the top institutional fund managers, family offices and countless hedge funds, helping them to articulate their particular edge in terms of the real-world needs of their markets. She is well known for her combination of industry expertise, unbiased eye and a direct communication style that makes even the most accomplished money managers seek her advice. Marketing directors particularly appreciate Jane’s successful coaching of investment professionals on the clear, concise and compelling delivery of their investment process.

Jane is an advisor to Go-to-Eleven Entertainment, a music publishing company and serves on the board of the Council for Economic Education, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to financial literacy where she chairs the People Committee. She is an executive facilitator for the University of Delaware’s Women in Leadership and Ascend programs. Jane is a former director of 100 Women in Finance, a global association of over 20,000 women focused on education, professional leverage and philanthropy. She has served as charter faculty of the Institute for Private Investors, a member of the Investment Committee of Women’s World Banking, and director of the Association for Investment Management Sales Executives (AIMSE). Jane is a former director of Green Cay Asset Management and of Shaking the Tree, a not-for-profit organization that uses interactive theater to illustrate family wealth dynamics. 

Prior to the formation of Perceval Associates, Jane was an investment strategist with Citicorp Investment Management and held executive marketing positions at Bessemer Trust and Swiss Bank Corporation. 

Jane earned an MA in Social-Organizational Psychology and Change from Teachers College, Columbia University, an MBA in Finance and Investment Management from Fordham University, and a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Delaware.