Jane Kabaki holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of London and a Master in Business Law from the London Metropolitan University, specialising in International Trade Law. Over the past 28 years, she has gained experience in governance, international development and research. She has provided academic development at various universities and contributed to policy development while pursuing research on human resources management, gender issues, equity & transformation and public management. Jane has conducted qualitative research using the focus group discussion (FGD) and has a wealth of experience leading groups through such activities as strategic planning, issue resolution, brainstorming and action planning. Jane has moderated focus group discussions, one-on- one in-depth discussions and ethnographic studies in English, analyzing and preparing detailed reports and recommendations.

Ms Kabaki has demonstrable experience Leading and Creating High Performance Teams, Promoting Agile Thinking, Entrepreneurship and International Trade. She is a Board Advisor, Executive Coach and drives business development by ensuring that the corporate team has the right people with appropriate skills, the right processes and tools to do their work in a modern environment. JMs Kabaki’s ability to drive and deliver organisation strategy and ensure the corporate office environment and infrastructure is effective and aligned to the strategy and business culture is unmatched.

Ms Kabaki has worked the International Centre for Research and Agro-forestry (ICRAF) where she managed the research division and was responsible for the research administration of the regional centres in Africa, South East Asia, and Latin America. In addition, Ms Kabaki worked in the higher education sector, initially the Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), as a senior researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), then headed the Research and Policy Division of the University of Fort Hare), was the Program Manager at the Leadership and Equity Advancement program of the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, before joining the Research and Information Division of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) focusing on development infrastructure financing, regional integration research. Ms Kabaki has worked for the diplomatic missions of Britain and Australia on development aid programming in Africa. She worked for the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) in the New Business Development Division building on Financing and Safety infrastructure systems in South Africa and the SADC region.