Clare is CEO of Connell Consulting, a specialist consulting firm she founded in 2003. Clare has worked in strategy consulting for 23 years, 19 of which were in the social care sector. Connell Consulting have produced commercial due diligence on a large volume of substantial transactions in the healthcare, social care and special education markets. They also do strategic and operational consulting. Connell clients include private equity firms, operators, hedge funds, banks, REITS and infrastructure funds.

Connell Consulting won the LaingBuisson Management Consultant Award in 2019 and 2020, as well as the HealthInvestor Consultancy of the Year Award in 2016 and 2021. Clare was also voted Sector Expert in the 2018, 2019 and 2022 HealthInvestor Power 50.