About Clare Francis

Clare Francis is Savings and Investments Director at Barclays and a Board Trustee for the Money & Mental Health Policy Institute.  Her background is in financial journalism with over 15 years’ experience of covering consumer finance. Clare started her career at The Times in 1999. She moved to the Independent on Sunday where she was Deputy Personal Finance Editor and then became Assistant Money Editor at the Sunday Times. Before joining Barclays, Clare was Editor-in-Chief and Head of Consumer Affairs at MoneySuperMarket. She was one of MoneySuperMarket’s main spokespeople, regularly appearing on TV and radio as a consumer finance expert. Clare Francis  has accepted an invitation to become the next Old Stopfordian President.  Her term of office will begin in March 2021.