Speaker bio

Claire is a Forensic Accountant in the Integrity & Enforcement Unit at Companies House. She has responsibility for analysing and investigating suspicious behaviour and represents Companies House on cross-government counter-fraud bodies, such as the Counter Fraud Champions Group and the Counter Fraud Analytics Forum.  She has recently spearheaded a ground-breaking data sharing initiative which used the Digital Economy Act powers for the first time to enable sharing between CH and HMRC with the intention to reduce fraudulent data and identify behaviour patterns of interest.

Through her work, she has gained valuable insights into the behaviours and actions of fraudsters – what they put in their accounts, what they do not, and what areas to consider when trying to understand if a company should cause concern.  She is passionate about sharing these insights with a view to increasing knowledgeability and reducing the opportunity for fraud and error to take place.

She joined the Civil Service five years ago after working within a wide range of businesses, ranging from SME’s to global multi-nationals.  Previous roles have seen Claire working in corporate business recovery as well as specialising in Tax and VAT work.  This gives her wide-ranging insight into business and accounts as a whole, which feeds into her work now.

Claire is a qualified accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She is Chairman of the ACCA’s Public Sector Network Panel and this year she received the “Outstanding Female Professional” award at the Tackling Economic Crime Awards (TECA’s).  Additionally, she is currently in her second year of studying for a MSc in Forensic Accounting.