People

Helen Donoghue (Managing Director) Helen founded CLC in 1984. She is responsible for the overall management of the company and oversees all client accounts, both UK and European. She has over twenty years' experience of advising clients on the development and implementation of political strategies and managing pan-European lobbying campaigns. Helen is member of several committees and trade bodies. She is also Director of the Charity Tax Group.
Frank Cranmer (Director) Frank joined CLC in 2006 after a career in the House of Commons where, for his last five years, he was Clerk of Bills. He specialises in legislation, parliamentary procedure, charity law and secular law as it relates to religion. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Law & Religion at Cardiff Law School and a Fellow of St Chad's College, Durham.
David Walburn (Director) Before joining the CLC Board, David was Chief Executive of Greater London Enterprise (GLE) for ten years until 2002. GLE is a major economic development business specialising in the delivery of accommodation and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). David is now a Visiting Professor at London South Bank University where he is Director of the Local Economy Policy Unit.
Patricia Constant Before joining CLC in June 2005, Patricia worked for 21 years in the House of Commons on both the Conservative and Labour sides of the House, eleven years of which were spent working for a Minister. Since joining CLC, Patricia has been responsible for running two cross-party Parliamentary groups and developing lobbying strategies for a range of charities and private sector clients.
Richard Corden Richard joined CLC in 2011 after four years as Chief Executive of the Commission for the Compact. He has twenty years experience of working within Government on voluntary sector policy and on the law and regulation of charities. In the Treasury he worked on the Government’s review of the role of the third sector in social and economic regeneration (2007). Before that he worked in the Office of the Third Sector, where he was in charge of Government legislation (the Charities Act 2006) to reform the law and regulation of charities. His earlier appointments were in the Home Office, the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, and the Charity Commission.
Clara Dekker Clara is CLC's office manager and also provides administrative support and research services for all of our clients. Prior to joining CLC early in 2011 she worked for more than twenty years - latterly in the role of Administrative Director - for the European Consortium for Political Research, one of the world’s largest associations for academic political scientists.
Mike Hale Mike specialises in providing analysis of environmental and technical legislative developments and developing lobbying strategies on these issues for a range of clients. He is an industry representative on a number of environmental and waste management bodies including the European Commission's Advisory Group on the IPPC Directive and the UN's Environment Programme.
Chris Lane Since joining CLC in February 2010, Chris has been responsible for policy work for a number of our clients, with a particular focus on the charitable sector. Chris read Law at the University of Durham and is currently studying for an MSc in Government, Policy and Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.
Helen Nicholson Helen is responsible for CLC's monitoring and research services. Prior to joining the company in 1992, Helen established and ran an information and research service for a major London firm of surveyors and planning consultants. Helen is also a member of the National Union of Journalists.