Robert Clark (businessman), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Clark (businessman)

British naval officer and businessman

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1924

Place of Birth: Finchley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2013

Profession: businessperson, banker

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Robert Clark (businessman)

  • Sir Robert Anthony "Bob" Clark DSC (6 January 1924 – 3 January 2013) was a British naval officer and businessman.
  • Clark attended King's College, Cambridge before leaving at the age of 18 to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.
  • Discovered to be colour blind he was relegated to non-seagoing posts, a prospect he found unappealing.
  • He volunteered for service with the Special Operations Executive and saw active service in Italy, first on amphibious missions and later as a liaison officer with partisans in the Piedmont Mountains.
  • Clark was captured by the Germans, and was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his gallantry. A chance meeting after the war led to a position at the law firm of Slaughter & May, where he was soon made a partner.
  • He switched career to become a merchant banker with Hill Samuel, where he developed an expertise in company mergers and acquisitions.
  • Clark acted as chairman or director for numerous firms and sat on many governments bodies and committees.
  • Clark met Robert Maxwell in 1969 when Maxwell attempted to outbid Rupert Murdoch for the News of the World, starting a lifelong acquaintance.
  • He led Hill Samuel through their takeover by TSB before Maxwell brought him on as a non-executive director at his Mirror Group of media companies. Clark became embroiled in the scandal at the Mirror Group that unfolded after Maxwell's death in 1991.
  • Clark claimed to be ignorant of Maxwell's £492 million defrauding of the company and its pension scheme, and faced a non-confidence vote by the shareholders.
  • He survived to be made chairman of the group and to rebuild it after the scandal.

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