Jane Horan

Jane Horan, EdD, author, speaker, diversity and inclusion expert and the founder of the Horan Group, a strategic consultancy. . Previously, the Director of Management & Organizational Development for Kraft Foods Asia in Singapore responsible for employee development, talent management and innovation strategies. Prior to Kraft, Jane was the Executive Director of Organizational Development for The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) based in Hong Kong. Whilst at Disney Jane was accountable to lead all Talent Management, Leadership Development, and Organization and Culture Change initiatives across Asia Pacific. During her tenure with Disney, Jane designed and implemented business driven action learning programs for high potential talents driving innovation and entrepreneurship across business segments.

Jane has extensive background in cross cultural development, building global teams and working with virtual, diverse teams. Jane has published articles and is a frequent speaker on Leadership,, Positive Politics, Unconscious Bias, and Savvy Career Management, Leveraging on her business experience and research on women leaders, Jane now works with multiple Fortune 100 companies , NGOs and academic institutions in the Asia Pacific Region and across Europe.

Jane holds an Education Doctorate with Bristol University, focusing on Transformational Asian Women Leaders, holds a Masters Degree in Organization Design and Effectiveness from The Fielding Institute California, studied International Relations and Chinese Language with the Monterey Institute-California and Hunan Technical University in Changsha, China, and a BA in Social Ecology and Spanish from the University of California at Irvine. Jane has lived, worked and studied in Asia for over 20 years.