Jane Blackman

Data Director
Jane  Blackman
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • A5 EMEA Ltd

  • Globant PLC

  • Navint Ltd

  • Stanley, Black and Decker PLC

  • Hitachi High Tech Analytical Science Ltd

  • Karcher UK Ltd

  • Cherwell District Council

  • Crest Hotels PLC Head Office

  • Automotive Products PLC (Borg & Beck)

ALMA MATER
  • Open University – Foundation Degree in Leadership and Management

  • Open University – Certificate in Information and Computing

  • Open University – Certificate in Business Studies

BEFORE ACCORDION
  • A5 EMEA Ltd

  • Globant PLC

  • Navint Ltd

  • Stanley, Black and Decker PLC

  • Hitachi High Tech Analytical Science Ltd

  • Karcher UK Ltd

  • Cherwell District Council

  • Crest Hotels PLC Head Office

  • Automotive Products PLC (Borg & Beck)

ALMA MATER
  • Open University – Foundation Degree in Leadership and Management

  • Open University – Certificate in Information and Computing

  • Open University – Certificate in Business Studies

Jane Blackman is a Data Director within Accordion’s CFO Technology practice, where she leads the firm’s specialist Data Services offering across the Salesforce implementation ecosystem. Her work covers data strategy, governance, architecture, integration and migration, business intelligence and reporting, and the firm’s emerging AI and agentic capabilities.

Jane joined Accordion through its acquisition of A5, where she built the EMEA Data Services practice into a highly specialised, expert led offering that has delivered consistent year on year growth. Across more than 40 years in enterprise roles she has worked in finance operations, IT management and data leadership at organisations including Globant, Navint, Stanley Black and Decker, Hitachi High Tech Analytical Science and Karcher UK. Her earlier career spanned local government, hospitality and manufacturing, giving her a view of businesses at every stage from start ups and hypergrowth companies through to global enterprises.

Jane earned a Foundation Degree in Leadership and Management from the Open University in 2012 and also holds Open University certificates in Information and Computing and in Business Studies.

Something you should know
  • An enthusiastic gardener who can always find space somewhere for just one more plant
  • Enjoys creative hobbies including knitting and painting
  • Has held a motorcycle licence for 40 years and loves motorbikes and watching motorcycle racing
Noteworthy
  • Awarded an innovation award for leading the first global PaaS and SaaS business strategy and implementation
  • Received a Makes a Difference award for data governance work that prevented charges from UK retailers related to ungoverned product form changes
  • Implemented a data governance and data quality framework that delivered a consistent data quality profile of 99.97% accuracy in CRM and ERP data