Clare is Lead Advisor in Education and Technical Advisor for the TARGET programme in Ethiopia. She has worked in education for many years as a secondary school teacher and teacher educator at Oxford University, Oxford Brookes and the Institute of Education. Most recently Clare has worked in the middle east and sub-Saharan Africa as a consultant and government adviser focusing on system strengthening, school leadership and teacher development. She has an M.Litt from Oxford University on teacher professional knowledge and a PhD from University of Birmingham on education and nation building.