Dr Claire Routley has worked in fundraising for over fifteen years, specialising in legacy fundraising for the last decade.

In 2011, Claire completed a PhD looking at why people choose to leave legacies to charity.

She has worked for Bible Society, Age UK, WRVS and a local hospice, and teaches the Chartered Institute of Fundraising’s qualification courses.

She is now Head of Consultancy at Legacy Voice, alongside a part-time position as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Kent’s Centre for Philanthropy.

She is also a member of fundraising think-tank Rogare’s international advisory panel, and was named AFP’s emerging scholar 2017.