Clare Walsh

Clare Walsh is a researcher, policy specialist and advocate with lived experience as a Special Guardian to two children. She has worked with Family Rights Group since 2019 in various capacities, primarily as a member of FRG’s Kinship Panel, representing kinship carers to government and other stakeholders. She works and volunteers with a number of local and national charities bringing skills of advocacy, empowerment and inclusion to all of her roles.

Clare trained in law and has advised on housing, benefits, family and human rights matters as a volunteer at Toynbee Hall Free Legal Advice Centre. Earlier in her career she worked at the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Hillsborough Inquests and JP Morgan, developing an of the UK financial system, regulation and governance, and experience of handling complex information and keeping compliance in order. She brings this to the Board as a rigorous approach to scrutiny, particularly of finance, risk and governance. She holds an MA in Gender and Development from the University of Sussex.