A graduate of Cambridge University, Clare worked for 10 years in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, covering a broad range of policy areas.

She then spent 10 years as a Director of a well-known lobbying company in London, specialising in agriculture, food and international trade issues and setting up the company’s operations in Brussels.

After 4 years as Corporate Affairs Director at Geest plc, Clare set up her own consultancy and has been the Head of Transport Biofuels at the REA since September 2005.