Greg Clark (urbanist)

Greg Clark, CBE, FAcSS an urbanist, is an author, global advisor, chairman and Non-Executive Director. Clark has advised more than 100 cities, 20 national governments and a wide array of bodies including the OECD, Brookings Institution, the World Bank and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) on strategies for city development and investment. He also advises global investors and corporate service companies on how to align with city leaders.

Clark was born in Wimbledon, London in 1962 and was educated at the Jesuit Wimbledon College. Between 1981-82, he spent time volunteering in Mexico City and New York, which was to ignite his interest in the world’s biggest cities. He went on to Cambridge University, where he read Education and Social and Political Science and was JCR President. He joined the Local Economy Policy Unit (LEPU) (at London South Bank University) from 1988-91 as a research fellow in London economic development.

Between 1994-96, Clark was selected as a Harkness Fellow based at Columbia University in New York City, where he read Globalisation and City and Regional Planning. From 1996-98, he worked as a research scholar in city economic development at the London School of Economics.

Clark is a researcher/writer, advisor and non-executive director/chairman. His roles include:

He also holds roles as a non-executive including:

From 1986-90 Clark’s career began to focus on city economies and employment, including roles at the British Refugee Council, The London Borough of Lambeth, and the Local Economy Policy Unit (South Bank University). In 1995, Clark was selected as a Harkness Fellow and was based at Columbia University in New York City, where he investigated City & Regional Planning and Metropolitan Governance. He spent much of 18 months of his Fellowship as a guest of the US Federal Government, assessing city and regional economic development in 12 US and Canadian Cities.

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