Claire Wynne-Jones is an Associate Director at FRA. She is an experienced financial investigator, with a background in white collar investigations, including counter fraud, corruption and confiscation. 

Claire was part of the FRA team supporting Airbus in a multi-year forensic accounting and eDiscovery review within the context of the company’s multinational investigation, reporting to four investigative authorities: UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the US Department of State (DOS) and French Parquet National Financier (PNF).  Claire led workstreams to analyse large volumes of financial data and worked collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team of internal and external colleagues to support corporate and regulatory objectives.

Recently Claire has been part of a team supporting a multi-national technology company to review Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) controls across its global finance centres. This project involved the development of enhancements to controls, policies and procedures implemented across 300+ reporting units.  

Claire has more than 10 years’ experience working as a Senior Investigator in the UK Serious Fraud Office. During her time there, Claire worked on the investigation and prosecution of numerous fraud and corruption cases including the identification of complex, international corporate, trust and banking structures and financial analysis. Claire also worked on proceeds of crime matters including proceedings for financial confiscation and compensation. 

Claire’s experience spans across a range of sectors including banking, energy, construction and pharmaceutical. 

Claire earned a double Bachelor’s degree in LL.B (Hons) Law from University of Greenwich, London and a Legal Practice Certificate from the College of Law, Guildford. She also hold an Advanced Certificate in Investigative Practice and is an ACPO accredited Financial Investigator and Financial Intelligence Officer.