Jenny is currently the interim Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), the first woman to hold the post since the establishment of the NICS a hundred years ago (1920). Prior to this appointment she was Chief Executive of the NI Utility Regulator for 7 years, having spent the previous decade as a Senior Civil Servant. She is Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council for Ulster University and a board member of Business in the Community (NI).