Dame Claire Elizabeth Clancy DCB DL (born 14 March 1958)[1] is a former Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, serving from February 2007 until April 2017.[2][3][4]
Background
editShe attended Dartford Grammar School for Girls, has a degree in psychology from the Open University and owns a farm near Abergavenny.[citation needed]
Career
editClancy has spent many years working within public sector organisations. Before she joined the Assembly Commission, she was Chief Executive of Companies House[5] and Registrar of Companies for England and Wales.
She joined Companies House in April 2002 from the Patent Office, where she was responsible for Corporate Services. As Chief Executive, Clancy was responsible for the overall direction and leadership of the Agency. She was accountable to DTI and its Ministers for the performance and finances of Companies House. She also had the formal statutory role of Registrar of Companies for England and Wales, and was the first woman to hold this position in over 150 years.[citation needed]
In the late 1990s, she spent two years on the island of St Helena and Ascension Island, where her husband, Michael Clancy, was Chief Secretary and Governor. She joined the civil service in 1977 and has worked in the Manpower Services Commission, the Department of Employment, the Government Office for the South West and was Chief Executive of Powys Training and Enterprise Council.[citation needed]
Clancy took up post as Chief Executive and Clerk of the National Assembly in February 2007. The post was created to reflect the growing powers of the Assembly following the Government of Wales Act 2006. From May 2007, the Chief Executive and Clerk lead an organisation independent of the Welsh Assembly Government. She was responsible for ensuring that the Assembly is provided with the property, staff and services that it requires.[citation needed] Clancy retired from her position as Chief Executive and Clerk in April 2017.[4][6]
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[7] She was appointed as High Sheriff of Gwent for 2019–2020,[8] and is a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.[9]
Offices held
editReferences
edit- ^ "Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 39
- ^ "Chief Executive and Clerk of the Assembly". National Assembly of Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Hutchinson, Clare (25 July 2010). "Bay chief's pay packet puts Carwyn's in shade". Media Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Tributes to Claire Clancy on her Retirement". Your Senedd. Retrieved 27 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sukhraj, Penny (19 March 2007). "New chief exec for Companies House". Accountancy Age. Retrieved 9 September 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Welsh Assembly names Manon Antoniazzi chief executive". BBC News. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B3.
- ^ "Privy Council Office-APPOINTMENT OF SHERIFFS". London Gazette. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Deputy Lieutenants
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