Claire Smalley

Claire Smalley, MCIPD, serves as a Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Nottingham Trent University since 2020, bringing extensive experience from Rolls-Royce where Claire held several key HR roles from 1996 to 2020. As a Senior People Partner for Civil Aerospace, Claire led a team of HR professionals supporting approximately 2,000 employees and coaching managers at all levels. Claire's tenure at Rolls-Royce included significant roles such as Senior HR Business Partner for Corporate Functions, where responsibilities encompassed global partnerships at the C-suite level and managing substantial organizational changes, along with earlier positions focusing on HR strategy, employee relations, and talent management. Claire holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management from Nottingham Trent University and a BA (Hons) in English Language & Literature from Birmingham City University.