Claire is the Senior Academic Manager for the EAC Group, with overall responsibility for the academic management and policy of the year-round schools in Edinburgh and Hastings as well as EAC Vacation Courses.  She has had 19 years of experience in the EFL industry since she started out as an English teacher in Spain in 1988.

She has been a teacher, a Director of Studies, a Centre Manager and a teacher trainer. She is based at the Hastings school.

Claire's interests include historical buildings and archaeology, cooking and eating Indian vegetarian food, reading (especially crime fiction), and anything to do with cats!