Jane Earl was appointed to the post of Director of the
Assets Recovery Agency
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) was a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom. It was established under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to reduce crime by confiscating the proceeds of any crime. It was granted a new pow ...
on 5 November 2002, and took up her post on 3 February 2003. Prior to this she was chief executive of
Wokingham
Wokingham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Borough of Wokingham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 38,284 and the wider built-up area had a populati ...
Unitary Council from November 1999.
She has 20 years experience in local government, working for local authorities such as
Elmbridge Borough Council Elmbridge may refer to these places in England:
;Current uses
*Borough of Elmbridge, a district in northwest Surrey
* Elmbridge, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, a suburb and electoral ward
*Elmbridge, Worcestershire, a small village and civil parish
...
and the
London Borough of Hounslow
The London Borough of Hounslow ( ) is a London borough in west London, England, forming part of Outer London. It is governed by Hounslow London Borough Council.
The borough stretches from near Central London in the east (Chiswick) to the b ...
. She worked for
Reading Borough Council
Reading Borough Council is the local authority for Reading in the county of Berkshire, England. Reading has had a council since at least 1542, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998, the council has been a unitary authority, be ...
for five years from 1982 to 1987 and for a further six years from 1989 to 1996 which culminated in her holding the post of assistant chief executive.
Jane was regional director of
Business in the Community
Business in the Community (BITC) is a British business-community outreach charity promoting responsible business, Corporate social responsibility, CSR, corporate responsibility, and is one of the The Prince's Charities, Prince's Charities of Cha ...
(1996–98). Prior to this she was seconded to the
Government Office for the South East
Government Offices for the English regions (GOs) were established in 1994 by the John Major government. Until 2011, they were the primary means by which a wide range of policies and programmes of the Government of the United Kingdom were deliver ...
creating a practical strategy for the regeneration of
Thanet Thanet may refer to:
* Isle of Thanet, a former island, now a peninsula, at the most easterly point of Kent, England
* Thanet District, a local government district containing the island
*Thanet College, former name of East Kent College
* Thanet Ca ...
.
References
External links
Assets Recovery Agency official site(archived)
Civil servants in the Assets Recovery Agency
Local government officers in England
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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