Clare is the National Managing Partner of the Davidson Search & Advisory team where she leads the Search and Advisory teams in VIC, NSW, QLD & SA. She took on this role in mid-2017. Clare joined Davidson late 2015 as General Manager VIC, she quickly established the Davidson brand and built the Melbourne team. Prior to joining Davidson in 2015, Clare was a Director of a Melbourne based search firm for thirteen years where she conducted hundreds of Chief Executive and Senior searches in the government, health, sporting, and community sectors.

Clare is an active corporate member of IPAA where she established the inaugural Top 50 Women in the Public Sector initiative which has now recognised hundreds of women across NSW and VIC. Clare regularly publishes thought leadership articles in her industry publications including the annual Local Government CEO Index . Clare has completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science, a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource and she holds a Master of Commerce, majoring in HR and Employee Relations.