Clair Mills

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

She is also currently the Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), within the Bank of England. She is responsible for PRA operations, which includes delivery of the PRA’s operating strategy, budget, internal communications and investment portfolio. Other areas of responsibility include managing data innovation, strategic business systems and the PRA’s preparation for Brexit across the organisation.

Clair has over 20 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.

In her current role, as well as providing leadership, management and vision to support the business and to ensure that proper operational controls are in place, Clair is also responsible for the PRA’s regulatory data advancement. This includes giving keynote speeches in the UK and internationally on topics such as Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and how regulators can take advantage of the advances in technology.

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.