Today Wolters Kluwer announces that Claire Carter has joined as UK Managing Director for its Tax and Accounting software business.

Claire joins from Sage Software where she was formerly Managing Director of its Accountants Division for the UK and Ireland delivering Cloud and on premise solutions to accountants. Before that, Claire worked for Morgan Stanley and Alliance & Leicester in senior commercial roles.

Wolters Kluwer’s UK tax and accounting software portfolio includes the successful CCH UK Software suite and Twinfield, the leading Cloud-based accounting solution. CCH UK Software this year topped the list of providers with the most successful online tax return filing performance of any UK software and Twinfield recently added two of the UK’s leading restaurant chains to its customer roster.

Henri Van Engelen, Managing Director of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Europe, said: “With her broad commercial and technical expertise, and extensive knowledge of our markets, Claire is very well placed to drive the transformation of our business as a market leader in cloud-based and on premise solutions for tax advisors and their clients, the SMEs. I am very excited to welcome her to my senior management team.”

Claire commented: “This is a great time to be joining Wolters Kluwer, a company that is really investing in growing its already strong position in the UK. We will build on our reputation for delivering software that enables our customers to improve service to their clients and allows them to explore and exploit new opportunities.”

With a track record for focus and driving significant growth, Claire has also been a frequent speaker on topics including Leadership, People Management and Transformational Change.