Janessa Quinn Holmes

I am a senior leader with over 10 years' experience across finance, UK government policy, justice systems and large-scale operational delivery. I specialise in mobilising complex prison infrastructure and translating Ministerial priorities into executable delivery plans.

I have authored national workforce and pay policies, built financial affordability models for Treasury funding approvals, and produced executive-level briefings for Ministers and senior officials. My policy work delivered estimated long-term savings of 15–20% through retention-focused design.

On the delivery side I lead end-to-end mobilisation of new and expanded prisons, manage multi-million-pound budgets with strong cost control, and reduced operational and financial risk exposure by 10–15% through proactive assurance frameworks. I have also driven process redesign that improved administrative efficiency by up to 25%.

Earlier in my career I delivered regulatory change and AML compliance initiatives in financial services, achieving processing accuracy above 99% and operational efficiency gains of 20–40%. I am commercially astute, focused on risk, governance and strategic programme delivery.