Marina Jones is Executive Director of Development & Public Affairs at English National Opera, where she leads fundraising and external affairs across the company's work in London and Greater Manchester. She has over 25 years' experience in arts fundraising, including 13 years at the Royal Opera House, working on major campaigns including the £57m Open Up campaign and building support for the arts.

Before joining the Royal Opera House, Marina worked for arts and cultural charities including the Lyric Hammersmith, Polka Theatre and the Orange Tree.

Her work focuses on connecting audiences and donors with the art form in ways that are meaningful, accessible and sustainable. She has a particular interest in donor psychology and the role of decision science in shaping how and why people give, and was co-author of MINDSPACE Helping Supporters Choose: Putting the Science into Cultural Fundraising, Helping Supporters Choose: Decision Science in Fundraising and the 'Experimenting with Behavioural Economics in the Arts and Cultural Space' chapter in Change for Better.

Marina is a leading fundraising historian, working on the history of fundraising project at Rogare, the fundraising think tank, which explores how and by whom the history of fundraising ought to be told, and uncovers and shares fascinating stories of fundraising from the past and how they inform and influence practice today.

Marina holds an MA with Distinction in Philanthropic Studies from the University of Kent, where she is an Honorary Researcher. She is an international speaker on fundraising, legacy giving, decision science and fundraising history.

She is a Trustee of the Orange Tree Theatre, the Tunbridge Wells Puppetry Festival and Pusey House, Oxford.