Claire also supports the creation of deep-tech science companies as Venture Partner at Deep Science Ventures where she is developing a new flavour of PhD: the Venture Science Doctorate - diversity-first and venture-led.

Claire's background is in innovation in research-intensive environments, spanning universities, government and business. She has led multi-£million acquisitions, such as iKinema by Apple; developed the vision and strategy for Imperial College London’s White City £3bn 23-acre innovation district; and operated the #1 global university business incubator. Claire has worked across digital, smart infrastructure, space, security and defence innovation ecosystems.

Claire is a UN UK Delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women and a member of the Institute of Coding’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board. In 2022, Claire was named in Computer Weekly’s ‘Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech’.

Claire holds a PhD in Astroparticle Physics from Imperial on the direct detection of dark matter, conducted in a working mine 1km underground.