Jana plays a central role in supporting the Regions & Mayoral Engagement Managing Director and the wider team through mayoral engagement coordination, geopolitical analysis, mayoral policy priorities, and strategic thinking. She helps ensure that regional context and mayoral priorities are reflected across the organisation for a high-impact and regionally aligned delivery of C40 work.
Previously at C40, Jana helped build the new Business Planning & Reporting Department to streamline the organisation’s data frameworks and coordinated the Deadline 2020 Programme. She also managed strategic funding relationships and fundraising. She has held other roles in the Regions and Global Initiatives teams where she contributed to the delivery of major C40 events, including the past three C40 Mayors Summits, helped produce sectoral Good Practice Guides, assisted with C40 workshops, and strengthened engagement with Chinese cities and partners.
Jana is a double MSc graduate from the London School of Economics and Sciences Po Paris, including a year at the University of California. Before joining C40, Jana worked at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, where she co-authored the 5th edition of the Global Climate Legislation Study. Jana is proficient in English, French, Mandarin, Spanish, Czech, Russian, and Slovak.