Clare joined NICE in December 2022 as director of impact and partnerships, leading on collaboration with key stakeholders and partners to enable effective implementation of NICE guidance across health and social care. Her portfolio includes implementation and partnerships, people and communities involvement and engagement, and user focussed products and publishing.

Clare was previously the director of strategy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; leading on organisation and system wide strategy, transformation and partnerships in an integrated care system responsible for tackling some of the worst health inequalities in the UK and Europe. Prior to this Clare was the national life sciences industry and research director for the NIHR Clinical Research Network for thirteen years, during which she spent a year in the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System leading on research and innovation. She also brings significant experience of the clinical research ecosystem, gained through roles in contract research organisations, the pharmaceutical industry and within academia.

Clare has a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Immunology and an academic background in biomedical sciences.