Clare Rusbridge is Office Manager and Company Secretary at the IEA. Clare joined the IEA in 1996 as Receptionist and was appointed EA to DG in 1999. She took on the role of Company Secretary in 2001.

Before joining the IEA, Clare spent her early career in retail. After leaving school she became secretary in a soft furnishing company then, after a year in Canada, returned to the UK and worked briefly as a florist. Clare worked as branch manager in Retail stores, Phase Eight and US company Talbots until she joined the IEA.