Claire started her career at Current Science before becoming part of Elsevier Science London. She progressed from running one journal to managing a small team then was asked to lead the new ‘Current Trends’ group which brought together the Current Opinion, Trends and Drug Discovery titles and a team of 50+ staff.
In 2007, she made the significant decision to join not-for-profit publisher The Company of Biologists in Cambridge (first as their Publisher and more recently as CEO). With a PhD in developmental biology, she was delighted to be working with journals that had inspired her earlier research. 
During her tenure, in addition to her journal work, she’s managed a number of launches including preLights (a community of ECRs curating preprint highlights) and The Forest of Biologists (a biopositive publishing initiative), supporting the company rebrand, visually bringing the journals and the charitable arm of The Company of Biologists together, as well as leading the Company’s centenary celebrations during 2025. Under Claire’s leadership, The Company of Biologists grew both in numbers and in professionalism and Claire has served as a mentor to many individuals active today in the scholarly publishing community.
Claire has also been a strong supporter of the wider publishing community, being a founding member of the Society Publishers’ Coalition and a volunteer with ALPSP, from committee membership to webinar appearances and career hub videos through to our conference organising committee 2024. 
Her willingness to engage with emerging trends, generously share industry knowledge and support the wider publishing community led to this recognition for her significant contributions to scholarly publishing.