Clare Payne

Clare Payne is a leading voice on ethics and trust.

She tracks trends and writes about their implications in her monthly ‘Ethical Lens' column in The Australian Financial Review and writes across a range of business publications. Clare draws from her experience as an employment lawyer and her time managing the Integrity office of a global investment bank.

Current work

Clare holds positions of EY Fellow for Trust and Ethics and Fellow of The University of Melbourne. Prior to the global financial crisis, Clare’s paper titled, ‘Ethics or Bust’ was awarded the inaugural Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize by the Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva. She then founded The Banking and Finance Oath, a Hippocratic-type oath for those working in banking and finance.