Clare Dobson is Founder and Director of The Policy Key

She has over 20 years’ experience of developing and implementing government policy and strategies for Ministers on energy and cyber security, net zero transition and business regulation.

Clare has worked with and led multi-disciplinary teams working across Whitehall and with industry participants, regulators, technical experts, and academics to deliver policy solutions - often at pace - to the most pressing challenges facing the country such as energy affordability, gas security, UK resilience to cyber-attacks and renewable energy deployment.

Her experience is extremely varied combining high level, conceptual policy and regulatory formulation with hands on policy delivery.

Recent positions

• Deputy Director for Gas Security and Net Zero Transition
  Dept of Energy Security and Net Zero
  
  

• Deputy Director for Energy Affordability (Response to High Gas Price)
  Dept of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  
  

• Deputy Director for Cyber Security Policy
  Dept of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
  
  

• Head of Heat Decarbonisation Strategy and Programme
  Dept of Energy and Climate Change
  
  

• Head of Delivery, Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive
  Dept of Energy and Climate Change

  
  
  

Core experience

• Government and business collaboration

• Ministerial and Private Office engagement

• Strategy development - aligning government and industry activity over short, medium and long term

• Policy design and implementation - including formal government policy consultation

• Legislative and regulatory design - including set up of compliance function

• Building diverse, high performing teams with positive team culture and strong staff engagement

• Coaching, mentoring and facilitation