Claire Bassett

Claire is Vice Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation and a Non-Executive Director of the Serious Fraud Office and Chartered Insurance Institute, where she also chairs the Professional Standards Committee.

Until May 2022 she was Deputy Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Prior to this Claire was Chief Executive (Designate) of the Shadow Trade Remedies Authority, and Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission, the UK's independent elections watchdog and regulator of party and election finance during the EU Referendum.

Previously, Claire was Chief Executive of two other government arm's length bodies: the Parole Board and the Criminal Cases Review Commission.