Claire is a proud First Nations woman and is the Executive for Business Engagement at NAB. Claire believes in being the change and making a difference in everything she does and is deeply committed to serving NAB customers ensuring that their economic aspirations are supported and achieved. Claire’s career includes experience as a prominent senior NSW Public Servant with over 21 years of experience in government across agencies such as Transport, Department of Communities and Justice, Treasury and Education. In her career she was part of the leadership team in School Infrastructure that delivery $27.9 billion across NSW Claire also led the governance and performance of Financial Investment Review Board and the Global NSW Strategy in NSW Treasury. Claire was the first female in Traffic Operations in NSW at a Manager level and managed the St Helena Tunnel project in 2015 that delivered the first managed, operated and maintained tunnel in NSW History ($858m). Claire has been the recipient of high-profile commendations including winning and being a finalist in the NSW Premier’s Awards, winner of Resilience NSW and National Resilience Award 2024, winner of NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure Person of the year in 2023, a Finalist in the Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year Awards and Finalist in the Women’s Agenda Awards.
Claire has held non- Executive Director roles on many non-for-profit boards such as Reachout Australia, Women and Girl’s Emergency Centre in Redfern, Macquarie Universities’ Fire to Flourish, a board member of National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Board and is Chair of the Cultural Diversity Committee for Women on Boards.
