Claire B.

Claire B. currently serves as a Non-executive Director at Soil Association Certification Ltd since July 2024 and has been the Head of Legal (Commercial and Property) at John Lewis Partnership since October 2019. Prior experience includes roles as Head of Legal (Commercial) and Senior Legal Adviser at Royal Mail from May 2016 to October 2019, and Board Member at City Women Network from May 2016 to October 2017. Claire was previously Assistant General Counsel at NEST - National Employment Savings Trust from October 2011 to April 2016, and Senior Legal Counsel (Commercial) at the UK Ministry of Defence from March 2009 to October 2011. Earlier in the career, Claire worked as a Solicitor (Real Estate) at DAC Beachcroft LLP, with a secondment to Westfield as In-House Counsel (Real Estate), and began as a Trainee Solicitor at Taylor Wessing LLP. Claire holds a CPE and LPC in Law from the University of Exeter and a BA (Hons) in International Relations from Keele University, along with a background in education from Brock University and Clifton High School for Girls.