Claire is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (PGDipIC, MSc), founding director of S3 Global (small global health consultancy company), has been a consultant with the World Health Organization since 2008 (at global, regional and country level) and works as an infection prevention expert with a focus on development of guidance and implementation tools, particularly for surgical site infection, hand hygiene and associated topics. She has a wealth of experience in campaigning and is widely published in her specialist topics. She is currently a board director for the World Surgical Infection Society, having served in volunteer positions on a number of societies across high, middle and low income countries. Claire’s recent awards include best visual identity in health care, WHO 5 May hand hygiene campaign of 2016 (Transform Awards Europe, 2017), Runner up Hubert Tuor Innovation Academy Award (ICPIC, 2017), Paper of the year award (Journal of Research in Nursing, 2017).