Jane Son

Brainstormer, Connector, Lawyer, Philanthropist, World traveler

Jane Son is currently the Head of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, Community Affairs and Counsel with the New York Mets. Prior to this role, she spent 20 years as a corporate lawyer. Most recently, she was a part of the Banking Legal team at Barclays. She started with Barclays in the same team in Hong Kong in 2010 before relocating to the New York office in 2013. Before going in-house, Jane was a senior associate with the law firm of Clifford Chance LLP in London and Tokyo where she practiced as a capital markets lawyer. Jane started her legal career in Toronto with the law firm of Ogilvy Renault (now Norton Rose). Jane is passionate about all things diversity & inclusion (D&I), philanthropy, citizenship and social impact. She held various D&I roles while at Barclays, including the chair of the D&I Committee for Legal in the Americas and of Barclays Law Firm Panel D&I Consortium in the Americas. In addition to the D&I activities within legal, Jane was also the co-COO for Barclays’ Asian Professionals Forum in the Americas. She was a part of the Client and External Engagement Committee of the Women’s Initiative Network in the Americas and was also an active member of the Mental Health and Awareness Group of Reach, Barclays’ employee disability network. As a passionate advocate for mental health and well-being, Jane was a Barclays Global Be Well Ally, a member of the Legal Wellbeing Steering Group and the US representative for the Legal Covid-19 Mental Health Task Force. She is currently a board member of the Made of Millions Foundation – a global advocacy nonprofit on a mission to change how the world perceives mental health. In 2016, Jane was Barclays Woman of the Year and the recipient of the Barclays General Counsel Award that same year. In March 2021, Jane pivoted her career and joined the New York Mets to turn her energy and focus to serve the needs of the community and look for opportunities to provide services to children, families and under-served groups in New York. She is also providing support to the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Jane received a B.A. Hons. Sociology from Western University (London, Ontario) in 1998 and a Juris Doctor degree from Queen’s University Faculty of Law (Kingston, Ontario) in 2001.

Experienced lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry in every major jurisdiction (London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York) leveraging skills, strengths and passion to build a career in philanthropy.