Greg Clarke

Greg Clarke
Greg Clarke in January 2018
Chairman of the Football Association
Assumed office
4 September 2016
President HRH The Duke of Cambridge
Preceded by Greg Dyke
Personal details
Born 1957
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Nationality British
Occupation Executive

Gregory Allison Clarke (born Leicester, Leicestershire, England, October 1957) is an English businessman and football administrator, currently chairman of The Football Association.

Business career

Clarke is currently chairman of FTSE 250 company Redefine International Plc,[1] the Met Office,[2] and a number of private equity-owned businesses, including Eteach UK Ltd.[3]

From 1994 to 2000, Clarke worked in various businesses in the Cable & Wireless Communications group, eventually serving as CEO up to 2000. From 2002 to 2009 he was CEO of Lend Lease Corporation, an ASX 50 company headquartered in Australia.[1] After Lend Lease, he was briefly CEO of O3b Networks, a Google-backed satellite broadband company.[4] He has also served on the boards of BUPA in the UK and MTN in South Africa.

He holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies and an MBA. Clarke was born in Leicester in 1957 and is married with four children.

Football administration

Clarke was chairman and a director (1999-2002)[5] of Leicester City.[6] He was chairman of The Football League from March 2010[4] to June 2016.[7]

Nominated by the FA board in July 2016, Clarke assumed the role of chairman of the FA on 4 September 2016.[7]

While FA chairman, Clarke had to lead the organisation's response to allegations of historical sexual abuse in football, and of racism and bullying in relation to the Mark Sampson and Eniola Aluko cases.[8] In October 2017, Clarke announced a "fundamental" review of the FA after admitting it had "lost the trust of the public" following the Mark Sampson scandal.[9]

In the same month, Clarke was criticised by sexual abuse victim Andy Woodward for 'humiliating' remarks Clarke made to a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing,[10][11] while the Professional Footballers' Association's chief executive Gordon Taylor said the PFA might sue Clarke over suggestions Taylor had not supported Woodward with further counselling.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Our People: Board of Directors". Redefine International. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Greg Clarke takes up position as Met Office Chairman". Metoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ↑ "Eteach UK Ltd - people". Companies House. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Football League appoints Greg Clarke as new chairman". The Guardian. Press Association. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Leicester City PLC - people". Companies House. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Man at the top - the Leicester City fan who got his dream job as chairman of the Football League". Leicestermercury.co.uk. 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  7. 1 2 Fifield, Dominic (24 August 2016). "Greg Clarke ratified as FA chairman in succession to Greg Dyke". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Taylor, Daniel (16 October 2017). "Revealed: the 14-word email that puts FA's Greg Clarke under fresh scrutiny". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Rumsby, Ben (26 October 2017). "Greg Clarke admits out-of-touch FA has 'lost the trust of the public'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Rumbsy, Ben (25 October 2017). "Greg Clarke under fire again as abuse survivor Andy Woodward accuses FA chairman of 'humiliating' him". Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Woodward 'devastated & deeply upset'". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  12. ↑ Kelner, Martha (26 October 2017). "PFA's Gordon Taylor considering legal action against FA chairman Greg Clarke". Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2017.


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