Background
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.