Jennifer Anne Jankel (born May 1940) is a retired British

businesswoman A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the ...

and, since 2011, chair of the Jewish Music Institute in London. The daughter of bandleader

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and his wife Mildred, she was educated in London at

St Paul's Girls' School St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England. History St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part o ...

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and the

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. She became UK managing director and, later, vice-president of French shoe company

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before opening her own shoe business, Luc Berjen. Examples of her shoes are now in the collections of the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

. She was married to the car designer

Robert Jankel Robert Jankel (1 January 1938 – 25 May 2005) was a British designer of limousines, armoured cars, and other speciality vehicles. He also founded the automotive company Panther Westwinds. Early life Born in London in 1938, Jankel was educat ...

from 1962 until his death in 2005. The couple, who had three sons and a daughter together, were founder members of

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, of which she is now president.

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Profile on Jewish Music Institute websiteInterview, 2013
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jankel, Jennifer 1940 births Living people British Reform Jews English Jews English women in business Jewish women in business People associated with SOAS University of London People educated at St Paul's Girls' School Shoe business