Claire Jolly

Claire Jolly is the Founder of Beaufort Strategy, a boutique advisory firm supporting CEOs and senior asset management leaders in developing bespoke, interdisciplinary, creative and tactical external affairs and risk management solutions.

Previously, she was Director of European Government Affairs at Elliott, a global multi-strategy investment firm, where she worked for over 16 years. During that time, Claire advised on many high-profile international transactions, macro, commodity, real estate and private equity positions.

She has also held industry-wide leadership roles at both global trade associations, the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Managed Funds Association (MFA). Claire is a Trustee of The Jobs Foundation, sits on the Advisory Council of the European Policy Forum (EPF) and has worked in the UK Parliament, US Senate and international NGO sector. She holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics (2004) and a BA (Hons) in Politics from the University of Exeter (2003).