Clair Mills

Clair Mills is a member of the Addington Governance and Resource Committee.

Clair Mills is the Director of Strategic Change and Operations for the Markets, Banking and Payments Deputy Governorship, at the Bank of England, and is responsible for middle and back office operations, which includes delivery of the Operations and Data Strategy, Budget, Operational Resilience and Risk and the Investment and Change Portfolio.

Clair has over 25 years’ extensive financial services experience operating at board level and leading successful strategic and transformational change in a number of complex organisations, having started her career in the Building Society and Retail Banking sector, before moving into Operational and Technological Change Management and Consultancy. Clair joined the Financial Services Authority in 2011 to lead the Internal Twin Peaks programme transition to the PRA and FCA regulatory model, moving across to the Bank of England with the PRA becoming the Chief Operating Officer in the PRA in 2018.

In her current role, Clair is also responsible for leading the area’s extensive project portfolio, helping translate business and policy vision into deliverable change programmes, this includes giving key note speeches both in the UK and internationally on topics such as Financial and Regulatory Technology (FinTech/RegTech) and how Central Banks and regulators can take advantage of the advances in technology in the work we do.

Clair’s home is a beef and sheep farm on the edge of Exmoor, which she shares with her husband and son. Her passion since childhood is horses, together with helping out on the farm, and this provides a great way to recharge batteries and a very different challenge.

She is also involved in the Devon County Show, supporting her husband in his role as Honorary Show Director and in her own right as a member of the Show Committee. Clair considers that her understanding of the highs and lows of farming, together with her business experience, provide skills and knowledge that transfer well to her role as a trustee.