Gillian is a trustee of JCP and well known to the charitable sector in Jersey.

After senior positions with a major international bank, Gillian joined CDC, the UK Government’s agency for private sector development in the poorer countries and then became a founding partner of a private equity firm, Actis. 

She has been trustee of a UK housing charity for ex-servicemen and a member of the UK‘s exports Guarantee Advisory Committee.

She has advised on enterprise development for a large NGO and has been a local fund-raiser for a medical research charity.