Claire is a Client Partner at PHD, joining nearly 5 years ago leading the British Heart Foundation account across a multidisciplinary communication planning team – she has a passion to drive media strategy at the heart of the creative and comms process.
The BHF is one of the UK’s highest profile charities and Claire’s leadership of the account across several years has set the highest bar in terms of relationships, planning, and business results delivering industry-leading award recognition across.
Starting out in an unconventional way in computer programming she quickly moved to a global media role working on large global accounts such as Nokia & P&G and had an amazing few years travelling the globe. She then moved to a new role at Carat leading the transformation of the Diageo account from a single market to European based marketing and agency team – leading the comms planning on their major portfolio of brand for nearly 8 years.
Thriving on problem solving Claire loves nothing better than facing it head on to work through how and why we could and should make things better work better, recently joining an initiative to leverage expertise across the OMG charity client teams. Claire leads by example, setting high standards and motivating those around her to achieve excellence.
In her personal life she has 2 young football obsessed boys and her love of problem solving continues with her passion for DIY and upcycling. Recently moving out of London to the Sussex countryside Claire has joined a gardening community where she is fully embracing the good life growing her own veg and finding a small slice of peace outside the chaos of being a working mum.



