Greg Clark, CBE

Biography: Greg Clark is a writer, Board Chair, and corporate advisor on transport, cities, real estate, sustainability, investment and innovation with a portfolio of roles in the UK, and globally. He is author of 10 books and 100 reports on cities, mobility, urban economies, investment, and place-leadership. Greg is Hon Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is former chair of the OECD Forum of Cities and Regions (1996-2016) and former Global Fellow on cities at the Brookings Institution. He has advised the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and HSBC Group on transport, cities, sustainability, and innovation. He is expert advisor on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City, and co-host of The DNA of Cities podcast. In the UK, he is Chair of the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s national innovation accelerator for transport, cities, and place-leadership, and Chair of the Cities Commission for Climate Investment(3Ci) which convenes local leaders and investors to find innovative means to capitalise a just urban transition. He is a Board Member of Transport for London (TfL). He chairs TfL’s Land and Property Committee which oversees TfL property and housing ventures (TTLP). He is member of TfL’s Finance Committee formerly chaired its Investment & Programmes Committee and was a member of the Elizabeth Line Committee. He is Hon Prof of cities and innovation at Strathclyde University.