Appointed: 21 January 2022
Key areas of expertise: Sustainability strategy, business transformation, governance, commercial transactions, performance management and energy transition.
Skills and experience: Claire has more than 30 years’ business experience, principally in the Energy sector, and has held UK and international leadership positions, most recently with Tullow Oil plc, and prior to that with BG Group plc and British Gas plc. Claire is an environmental scientist and an experienced ESG professional and holds a degree in Environmental Studies awarded by Northumbria University and an MBA from Imperial College Management School. She is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Fellow of Chapter Zero.
Other appointments: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the ESG Committee of Ibstock plc, a Non-Executive Director of James Fisher and Sons plc and a Non-Executive Director of Defence Equipment and Support, a bespoke trading entity and arm's length body of the Ministry of Defence.
Nationality: British