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Keynote SpeakerDr. Claire Norman-Maillet

Multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert and disability inclusion activist

Dr Claire Norman-Maillet is a multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert and has worked in industry since 2014, having progressed from Analyst to Director within 4 years. Claire’s counter-fraud background spans risk, product, operations, and strategy, across a range of product types such as global retail, investments, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency. Claire complements... Read more

Biography

Dr Claire Norman-Maillet is a multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert and has worked in industry since 2014, having progressed from Analyst to Director within 4 years. Claire’s counter-fraud background spans risk, product, operations, and strategy, across a range of product types such as global retail, investments, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency.

Claire complements her practitioner experience with academic research, having successfully defended her PhD Viva in January 2026 with no corrections.

As a result of her own lived experience at University during her undergraduate degree, Claire founded STUC (Stammerers Through University Consultancy) in 2014 after facing penalisation and discrimination owing to her stammer. Through STUC – a one-woman initiative – Claire delivers focus groups and talks at universities nationwide, to understand their strengths and weaknesses regarding supporting students and staff who stammer. From these, Claire examines the outputs, creating and advising on long-term resolutions.

Claire regularly delivers keynotes on internal and external fraud, organisational culture, disability and neurodivergence. As a person who stammers and has ADHD, she brings a unique depth and authenticity to her talks and written papers – challenging assumptions, inspiring change and amplifying underrepresented voices. charm audiences at national and international events.

Whether she is presenting, hosting, chairing or moderating, Claire talks openly and unapologetically, combining anecdotes, practice, academic theory and humour to deliver engaging and thought-provoking content. Having delivered multiple keynote talks at events worldwide, including Japan, Canada and Mauritius, Claire is one of the most in-demand counter-fraud and disability speakers in the industry.

“Claire is an immensely knowledgeable speaker with powerful insights, an inspirational figure now using her experiences to motivate the thousands of people who hear her voice.” Alex Wood – CEO, Reform Courses
“An engaging and thought-provoking speaker who weaves experience at the sharp end of fraud prevention and criminological insights. Capturing the essence of skilled fraud fighting, dark humour and storytelling that inspires, motivates and informs… go see her!” Dr Elisabeth Carter – Associate Professor of Criminology, Kingston University
“Claire has mastered the ability of making a complex and nuanced subject matter (fraud) accessible to all” Ashlea Shaw – Senior Product Manager, eLife Sciences Publications
“An electrifying blend of academia and wit” Lucy Heavens – Vice President of Marketing, Salv

Popular Talks by Dr. Claire Norman-Maillet

  • Internal fraud
  • External fraud
  • Fraud operations, risk & strategy
  • Diversity, Disability and Inclusion
  • Mental health
  • The impact of speech impediments on fraud detection controls