Claire Starza-Allen

Claire has an extensive commercial, negotiation and dispute resolution background both in private and the not for profit sector. She is the Head of Commercial Legal at Kin and Carta Plc (a digital transformation agency) she leads the legal and contracting operations globally which also involves M&A. She is also supporting Kin, and Carta becoming BCorp certified.

She is a trustee at The Advocacy Project and is an advisor to the Ethical Fundraising and Quality Assurance Committee for The British Red Cross. She also supports charities with board governance reviews and stakeholder engagement via her consultancy Little Bee Community. Also, she is the UK Sherpa for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance who champion entrepreneurship globally, which works with the B20/G20 (she currently sits on the B20 Integrity and Compliance workstream). She was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn specializing in commercial law and crime and is a qualified mediator.