Jessica Pulay

Jessica Pulay

Jessica Pulay

Ms Jessica Pulay joined the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) in July 2015 as Co-Head of Policy and Markets where she has responsibility for the UK government’s debt issuance and cash management, as well as the policy, research and business operations areas. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of the DMO.

Previously Jessica spent 16 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London where she was Deputy Head of Funding, responsible for the EBRD’s borrowing programme and their listed equity divestments. Prior to joining the EBRD in 1999, Jessica worked as an executive director in the debt capital markets departments at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and was also a managing director at Deutsche Bank, responsible for financing governments and supranational organisations. She started her capital markets career at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1987.

On 19 September 2022, Jessica was appointed by the Prime Minister to a five-year term as a trustee for the Wallace Collection; the Trustees elected Jessica as Chair with immediate effect. She previously served on the ENO board of trustees and the Arts Foundation Board. From 2010 to 2015 she was Vice Chairman of the governing council of a London school, Queen’s College, Harley Street (after previously heading its finance committee and serving on the council from 1998). In addition, she has served on the boards of the Arts Foundation and CILT - the National Centre for Languages. Following her experience in the 2004 Asian tsunami, Jessica helped to establish the Rewatha Orphanage in Sri Lanka.

Away from work, Jessica’s interests include international development, fine art, opera, fiction and country walks. She has travelled extensively and has lived in the US, France, Germany, Austria and Italy.

Jessica graduated with an MA/BA (Hons) degree from Christ Church, Oxford University in 1987, where she was an Open Scholar and President of the Oxford Union.