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Clare Pearson

Clare Pearson
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Clare Pearson

Founder - Pearson Booth Consulting

Pearson Booth Consulting

Speaking at

Thursday 04 June, 10:40 - 11:25

Trailblazers: The Real Stories Behind Reaching the C-Suite

Biography

Clare is a payments specialist with deep experience across Financial Services, spanning product management, operational excellence, and large‑scale transformation. She founded her consulting business in 2024 to help organisations navigate the evolving payments landscape with clarity and confidence.

Her expertise covers global payment services, trade finance, treasury, FX, cash management, and the full spectrum of domestic and international schemes. Clare has delivered major programmes across A2A, Open Banking, APMs, e‑commerce, acquiring, safeguarding, PSD2/SCA, and high‑value payment systems.

With a strong grounding in credit risk, settlements, reconciliations, KYC/B, fraud, onboarding, and transaction monitoring, she bridges product strategy with operational rigour.

In 2023, Clare was appointed as a Panel Advisor to the UK Payment Systems Regulator, contributing insight on strategic and technical policy matters. She remains closely engaged with regulatory change, TOM design, and industry-wide resilience initiatives.