Chief Executive and Clerk of the Assembly
Claire Clancy
Claire took up post as Chief Executive and Clerk of the National Assembly in February 2007. She is responsible for ensuring that the Assembly, and the sixty Assembly Members, are provided with the property, staff and services necessary to help develop an Assembly that inspires confidence and has a reputation within Wales and beyond for accessible and efficient democracy.
Claire has spent many years working in organisations with a strong delivery culture, with a clear focus on serving customers. Before she joined the Assembly, she was Chief Executive of Companies House and Registrar of Companies, with a £70m turnover and 1,200 employees. Earlier she was Director of Corporate Services at the Patent Office. In the late 1990s, she spent two years on the island of St Helena while her husband was Chief Secretary and later Governor; here she did some teaching and other voluntary work such as preparing plans for a museum for the island. She joined the civil service in 1977 and has worked in the Manpower Services Commission, Department of Employment, Government Office for the South West and was Chief Executive of the private sector led Powys Training and Enterprise Council. She has a degree in psychology from the Open University.
