Introducing our new Partner, Dr. Jennifer Barnes

By Saxton Bampfylde

We are delighted to announce that Dr Jennifer Barnes has joined the Saxton Bampfylde consulting team working across our global Higher Education and Arts & Culture practices.

Dr Barnes brings to our firm a broad and exciting range of experience from higher education, business and the arts. Most recently, she was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for International Strategy and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge, with particular responsibility for enhancing the University's global engagement. She joined Cambridge in 2008 as President of Murray Edwards College, a role she held until 2012. Prior to this, Dr Barnes was BP’s first Global Director of Education where she created international partnerships with governments, academia and industry. She is also currently a non-executive for Vestd, a high-tech company, the new University in Suffolk, and the International Board, University of Oman.

Dr Barnes took her undergraduate degree at Smith College in the USA, before further study at the Royal College of Music, and completing her PhD at the University of London. She is a leading authority on the cultural history of opera and media, and has also contributed to the field of neuroscience through research on the impact of pressure on performance. 

Stephen Bampfylde commented

“We are delighted to be welcoming a colleague of Jennifer’s calibre and experience to the firm. With our global search partners in Panorama, we advise many of the world’s leading universities and cultural institutions and recognise that Dr Barnes’s cross-sector global networks and leadership skills will be immensely valuable to our clients.”

Dr Barnes said,

“I am very much looking forward to joining Saxton Bampfylde having known them over many years. Since my days as a competitive swimmer, I have long been interested in what shapes or compromises a high-performing team. More recently, I have focused on institutions and their cultural identity, how decisions are made in complex institutions and identifying talent in new areas. I am therefore delighted to be joining a firm which will contribute to the future of key organisations and individuals around the world."