Brent R. Clark

Executive Director Stragegic Risk Solutions Reservoir Place 1601 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02451 (781) 487-9800 www.strategicrisks.com

Brent Clark writes articles on the topic of risk finance to IRMI.com.

Mr. Clark is executive director of Strategic Risk Solutions, Inc. (SRS), based in Waltham, Massachusetts. Mr. Clark has been with SRS since 1994.

Mr. Clark is responsible for supervising the development of structured solutions using insurance and other financial products for corporations and institutions. He also serves as SRS's chief financial officer.

Before joining SRS, Mr. Clark was most recently with Bankers Trust in New York, where he was responsible for helping the bank identify and launch new business initiatives involving the insurance industry. He was involved in the creation of BT's Insurance Derivatives Group and worked in that group from 1990 to 1993. He then became vice president in the Strategy and Products Group of the bank's Global Institutional Services Division, where he again focused on identifying new business opportunities for the bank.

Before joining Bankers Trust, Mr. Clark spent 9 years as a risk management consultant with Tillinghast, a Towers Perrin Company, first in Dallas and later in Darien, Connecticut, and New York City. In addition to working in the area of corporate risk management, he was involved with providing both insurers and insureds with advice concerning financial reinsurance and other alternative risk financing techniques.

Mr. Clark graduated from Centre College in 1977 with a BS degree in economics. In 1980 he obtained an MBA degree with a concentration in risk management from the University of Georgia. In 1992 he earned his JD degree from The Fordham University School of Law. Mr. Clark is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), holds the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) professional designation, and is a member of the New York Bar.

---

Articles on IRMI.com

Risk Management: Risk Finance

Adding Value with ART (October 2002)

SPEs: A Post-"Enron" Perspective (March 2002)

Financial Lines—The New ART Frontier (December 2001)

Commodity Price Insurance and FAS 133 (March 2001)

Enterprise Risk—What's Up with That? (October 2000)

Corporate Risk Finance and the "Internal Economy" of a Company (June 2000)

State of the "ART"—New Trends in Financing Risk (March 2000)