Jane Weeks is a museum consultant specialising in strategic planning, project management and income generation. She has worked with large national museums and small independently-run collections both in the UK and abroad. Clients include the Museums Association, the British Council, University College London, the National Museum of Bulgaria, and the National Museum of Bahrain. She is chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Committee for the South East, and is a former Board Member of the UK committee of the International Council of Museums.

Jane trained as an archaeologist, graduating from the University of Southampton before undertaking research in nautical archaeology at the University of Bristol. Following maritime research projects in Italy, Germany, and Poland, she worked in the Museum of London. In 1987, she was appointed Press Officer at the National Maritime Museum, later becoming Marketing Manager. In 1990, she took on the new role of Manager at the Royal Greenwich Observatory (formerly the Old Royal Observatory), the home of the Meridian Line. In 1993, following a major refurbishment, the RGO won the Museum of the Year award for best scientific displays and the Europa Nostra prize for architectural refurbishment.