Clare has over 25 years’ experience at KPMG and 9 years as a partner leading our audit teams across Newcastle and Leeds. In recent years Clare has specialised in working with private companies across PE Portfolio assets, Family businesses and Owner managed business. Her role has been to work alongside management and the owners to future proof the group in readiness to an exit, whether that is a secondary buy-out, trade sale, succession planning or listing.
Clare is a qualified accountant with extensive experience. She has previously worked in our Infrastructure audit team in London, consumer markets audit for a 2 year secondment in New Zealand, 10 years leading our public sector audit team in Leeds and the past 8 years focussing on our KPMG Private Enterprise “KPE” market. She spent 5 years as governor and chair of audit committee at her local FE college Barnsley College.
Clare is our Sheffield Office Senior partner, working as an ambassador for KPMG across the South Yorkshire region. From this role Clare brings the insight and experience from KPMG’s global business to the local region.
Clare has spent the last 18 years living in Penistone near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She has two almost grown up girls and is married to Dave. Clare is a keen netball player playing in the Barnsley and Sheffield leagues and has recently started playing golf. Otherwise she can be found pottering in the garden.