Jane Adams is Head of Marketing for Consult Hyperion. Previously she worked as a journalist and consultant and has over 25 years of experience in the card industry. Previous roles have included editor of European Card Review, editor of World Card Technology and editor of eNuggets, the newsletter of the Marketing Society. She also wrote for corporate clients including Sun, Dell SecureWorks, Visa and ACI Worldwide.

She was responsible for launching the first Smart Card conference in London in 1988 and organised its conference programme for 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001. She was also managing director of Advanced Card Awards Ltd, the card industry’s leading awards programme until 2001.

She has written two research reports about smart cards, The Smart Card Report for Elsevier and Smart Cards in Healthcare for HBS Consulting.

She holds the Diploma in Public Relations from the CIPR. She also has a MSc in Advanced Security and Digital Forensics and a MSc in Software Engineering and a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.