Senior Director, Community Law Enforcement Liaison, Global Investigations
Walmart, United States
Claire Rushton, Senior Director,
Crimes Against the Business
Walmart, Inc.
Claire Rushton is from Staffordshire, England. She attended Liverpool University, where she earned a bachelor’s
degree in psychology and sociology and then a few years later, Leicester University, where she earned a master’s
degree in security and risk management. As a person with a desire to catch criminals, Claire joined the police service
and then had the opportunity to join Safeway supermarkets as an investigator. After Safeway she worked within the
major UK retailers; Marks and Spencer’s, Sainsbury’s and then Asda, focused on loss prevention, 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 to lead the Crimes Against the
Business team within Walmart's Global Investigations family. The CAB team investigate organized retail crime, cyber
and ecommerce crimes, as well as insurance fraud and crimes as connected to controlled substances.
Strategic Cargo Theft Investigations
Saturday, October 18, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT