Full Name
Clare Belcher
Job Title
Head of legal
Company
Travlex Limited
Speaker Bio
Clare is Head of Legal for Travelex’s foreign exchange retail, wholesale & partner services businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific; a board director of its UK operating subsidiaries; and co-chair of Travelex’s global Diversity & Inclusion council. Clare also has responsibility for the legal support of central group services (IT, HR, Procurement, Property, IPR) and Legal Operations & Change Management. Clare leads a team of 16 lawyers based in London, Amsterdam, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur and Sydney and co-ordinates a wider legal team supporting global business development activities from New York and San Paulo. Clare has been at Travelex for over 10 years in a number of different global leadership roles, prior to which she was in private practice specialising in Corporate Finance and M&A at two leading City firms. Clare was shortlisted for in-house council of the year at the British Legal Awards 2015, included in the FT Part-Time Power Top 50 in 2013 and led her team to win the FT’s Most Innovative European In-House Legal Team in 2012. Clare is a coach & mentor to women returning from maternity leave for Cityparents (a network for City professionals balancing family life with a progressive career). Clare has also served on the governing body of the Law Society of England & Wales and is a sponsor of Pure Potential (a social enterprise that provides professional careers advice to state school students to increase social mobility).
Clare Belcher