Greg Clark

His current roles include Senior Fellow, ULI Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India; Chairman, British Business Improvement Districts; Member Mayor of London's Promote London Council; Chairman of the OECD Forum of Development Agencies and Investment Strategies; Visiting Professor in City Leadership at Cass Business School, City of London. He is also a trusted advisor to several global companies seeking to work more closely with major cities and regions.Greg's expertise include City and Metropolitan Economies as Emerging Markets for global firms; How Global Firms and Global Cities can work together for mutual advantage; City and Regional Investment Instruments: Public/Private Finance and collaboration; City and Regional Marketing, Branding, and the local impact of International Events; The Competitive Advantage of Diversity to Cities and Regions; The Future and Leadership of Cities and Regions in a Global era.In 1995, he was elected as a Harkness Fellow and spent 18 months in the North America as a guest of the US Federal Government assessing city and regional economic development in 12 north American metropolitan regions from a base as a fellow at Columbia University in New York City. As Chairman of the European Urban Development Forum from 1996 to 2000 he oversaw reviews of development and regeneration in 24 European Cities/Regions. In 2005 he reviewed urban regeneration in 7 Asian world cities for the OECD. In 2004 he provided training to city and regional development leaders form 9 Southern African cities. He has directed comparative studies and assessments of London and New York, UK & Spanish cities, UK & Canadian Cities, and UK & Chinese Cities. He facilitates strategic relationships between cities and between global companies and global cities. He has provided leadership training to senior executives from Siemens, Microsoft, Linklaters, and EDF Energy. He has provided staff briefings on city and metropolitan issues for Grosvenor, PWC, and Barclays Bank. He has addressed and advised business leadership groups in London, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milano, Torino, Mumbai, Buenos Aires, Auckland, Toronto, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Glasgow. From 1988 to 2006 he held a variety of posts including: Lead Advisor on City & Regional Development, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, UK Government, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications, London Development Agency, Managing Director, Economic Development, at Greater London Enterprise, Chief Executive of the London Enterprise Agency: One London, and International Programmes Director at the London Docklands Development Corporation.