Jayne Smith joined the School in January 2014 as PA to Professor Sir Paul Collier.

Jayne co-ordinates and arranges extensive overseas travel, home events, teaching and diary commitments.

Prior to joining the School and, after being a stay-at-home mother for many years, Jayne returned to the workplace as a PA but was offered a position as HR and Training Manager to an international air cargo company operating from Belgium and the UK where she worked happily until redundancy nine years later.