Interview: Jill on her career
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Biography
First Woman to be made Serjeant at Arms in the House of Commons
August 2011, Serjeant at Arms’ Office, House of Commons, London
b. 1946, Upper Norwood
Jill Pay, an experienced business manager in both private and public sectors, was the first woman to be appointed Serjeant Arms in the House of Commons in 2008. Having worked at Westminster since 1994, Jill made history, aged 62 by landing a role that had been held by men (and only those with military background) for 600 years. She is currently Chairman of The Pink Shoe Senate within the Pink Shoe Businesswomen’s network, and Deputy Chairman of Trustees of the Beanstalk literacy charity. Jill Pay is a First Women UK ambassador.