Claire Rushton is from Staffordshire, England. She attended Liverpool University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology and later Leicester University where she received a master’s degree in security and risk management. Claire joined the police and then Safeway supermarkets as an investigator. After Safeway she joined Marks and Spencer’s, Sainsbury’s and then Asda, all in the UK, and all in security and/or investigations.

Within Asda, Claire led the Operational Security team which encompassed, investigations, security, business continuity and executive protection. In 2017, Claire moved to NW Arkansas with Walmart to lead the Crimes Against the Business team within the Global Investigations family. This team focus on the most significant and complex investigations impacting the business across such areas as cybercrime, ecommerce, organized retail crime, insurance fraud and health care fraud.