Kay trained as a criminal barrister before joining the Government Legal Department and then working in several positions as an operational legal adviser in the MOD and then the FCDO, becoming a Deputy Director in 2016. She has a particular passion for leading teams of lawyers to enable operational work. From 2017 to 2021 Kay also sat as an Independent Member of the Parole Board. In 2021 Kay joined the NCA as Director Legal, where she regularly uses her position as the Director Gender Equality Champion to ensure that issues impacting gender equality are addressed at Board and ExCo Level’.