Claire Tyler was the Chair of CAFCASS (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) between 2012 and 2018.

She was Vice Chair of the Think Ahead Sub Committee overseeing a new adult mental health social work fast track programme between 2014 and 2017.

Claire Tyler chaired the Values-Based Child and Adolescent Mental Health System Commission, which reported in September 2016.

Between 2007 and 2012, Claire Tyler was the chief executive officer of Relate, the UK's leading relationship support agency between 2007 and 2012.

She also chaired the 'Kids in the Middle' coalition, a group of national charities and agony aunts campaigning for better services for separating parents and their children.

Before then, she had been the Director of the Government's Social Exclusion Unit and a board member of the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister from April 2002 until June 2006.