Greg Clark
Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSSA highly experienced Advisor, Scholar, Non-Executive Director and Board Chairman with global reach and presence.
Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS
Greg is a world expert on cities, urban investment, and the sustainable urban transition. Over a career of 35 years, he has advised more than 300 cities, 40 national governments, 20 multilateral institutions, and multiple global corporates, investors, and fund managers.
Greg is chair of the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place-leadership, and Chair of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission (UKCCIC) that convenes city leaders and financiers to drive investment in a just urban transition. He is a Board member of Transport for London (TfL) and the London LEP. He chairs TfL’s new Land and Property Committee that oversees TfL new property and low carbon housing company, and its associated ventures.
Greg is Hon Prof of Urban innovation at Strathclyde University. He is author of 10 books and 100 reports on cities, investment and place-leadership. His monthly column: The Planet of Cities, is hosted by RICS. He is Global Cities expert on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City.
Greg’s previous roles include Group Advisor, Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC Investment Bank, Chair of the OECD Forum of Cities & Regions, Global Fellow on Cities and Metropolitan leadership at the Brookings Institution and Global Fellow on Urban Investment at the Urban land Institute. He was Lead Advisor on Cities to the UK Gov for 6 years. He has been a senior advisor on cities and urban investment to the World Bank, Inter-American development Bank, and the European Investment Bank.
He has chaired more than 20 internal advisory boards for individual cities that are reformulating their future investment strategies, long term plans, and governance, including New York, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Sydney, Auckland, Barcelona, Vienna, and Oslo.
He has led comparative studies on Chinese, Australian, European, North American, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South-East Asian, Caribbean, Nordic, and Indian Cities. Since 2020 he has been tracking the impact of the COVID pandemic on 100 cities globally and has developed a unique framework for assessing the post-pandemics city.
Speaker topics include
· The Urban Century and the Future of Cities.
· Cities, Climate, and Investment in the net zero urban transition.
· COVID 19, the Post-Pandemic City, and the future of city centres.
· Cities, Technology, and the 4th Industrial revolution.
· City leadership and Urban Governance.
· The Business of Cities
· The DNA of Cities
He also addresses individual city futures and regularly speaks about
· London
· Paris
· New York
· Hong Kong
· Singapore
· Toronto
· Sydney
· Stockholm
· Amsterdam
· Barcelona
· Oslo
· Tel Aviv
· Dubai
· Shanghai
· Glasgow
· Manchester
· Milano
· Madrid
· Mumbai
· Sao Paulo
· Mexico City
· Santiago de Chile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUr9qD0vTEI
https://ms-my.facebook.com/museumofthefuture/videos/here-are-all-the-highlights-of-the-insightful-session-of-future-talks-with-profe/2357339457739854/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfL-Q2q_HIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYCBRQ4Sg2k
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-greg-clark-cbe-01145119_hsbc-expo2020-ukpavilion2020-activity-6863058190892900352-9Ocp?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS
Greg is a world expert on cities, urban investment, and the sustainable urban transition. Over a career of 35 years, he has advised more than 300 cities, 40 national governments, 20 multilateral institutions, and multiple global corporates, investors, and fund managers.
Greg is chair of the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport and place-leadership, and Chair of the UK Cities Climate Investment Commission (UKCCIC) that convenes city leaders and financiers to drive investment in a just urban transition. He is a Board member of Transport for London (TfL) and the London LEP. He chairs TfL’s new Land and Property Committee that oversees TfL new property and low carbon housing company, and its associated ventures.
Greg is Hon Prof of Urban innovation at Strathclyde University. He is author of 10 books and 100 reports on cities, investment and place-leadership. His monthly column: The Planet of Cities, is hosted by RICS. He is Global Cities expert on the BBC World Service Series, My Perfect City.
Greg’s previous roles include Group Advisor, Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC Investment Bank, Chair of the OECD Forum of Cities & Regions, Global Fellow on Cities and Metropolitan leadership at the Brookings Institution and Global Fellow on Urban Investment at the Urban land Institute. He was Lead Advisor on Cities to the UK Gov for 6 years. He has been a senior advisor on cities and urban investment to the World Bank, Inter-American development Bank, and the European Investment Bank.
He has chaired more than 20 internal advisory boards for individual cities that are reformulating their future investment strategies, long term plans, and governance, including New York, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Sydney, Auckland, Barcelona, Vienna, and Oslo.
He has led comparative studies on Chinese, Australian, European, North American, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South-East Asian, Caribbean, Nordic, and Indian Cities. Since 2020 he has been tracking the impact of the COVID pandemic on 100 cities globally and has developed a unique framework for assessing the post-pandemics city.
Speaker topics include
· The Urban Century and the Future of Cities.
· Cities, Climate, and Investment in the net zero urban transition.
· COVID 19, the Post-Pandemic City, and the future of city centres.
· Cities, Technology, and the 4th Industrial revolution.
· City leadership and Urban Governance.
· The Business of Cities
· The DNA of Cities
He also addresses individual city futures and regularly speaks about
· London
· Paris
· New York
· Hong Kong
· Singapore
· Toronto
· Sydney
· Stockholm
· Amsterdam
· Barcelona
· Oslo
· Tel Aviv
· Dubai
· Shanghai
· Glasgow
· Manchester
· Milano
· Madrid
· Mumbai
· Sao Paulo
· Mexico City
· Santiago de Chile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUr9qD0vTEI
https://ms-my.facebook.com/museumofthefuture/videos/here-are-all-the-highlights-of-the-insightful-session-of-future-talks-with-profe/2357339457739854/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfL-Q2q_HIc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYCBRQ4Sg2k
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-greg-clark-cbe-01145119_hsbc-expo2020-ukpavilion2020-activity-6863058190892900352-9Ocp?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
The Urban Century
The Urban Century: from 1980 to 2080 the percentage of the world population that live in cities is doubling and 5 billion people are moving to cities. How is the century unfolding? What are the successes and the risks? What are we learning?
The Business of Cities
The DNA of Cities
The DnA of Cities: each city has its genetic code accumulated over multiple cycles drawing upon climatic, physical, social, political, historical, and cultural influences. Every city is unique. How can we de-code the genetic make of the city and what use can we make of that code?
The Decarbonisation of Cities and Zero Carfbon Cities
The Decarbonisation of Cities and Zero Carbon Cities: 70% of all carbon in emitted in cities. so if we can decarbonise the city, we make be able to rescue the planet. Urban mobility, real estate, utilities, and waste are key elements in the transition path towards zero carbon. Which cities are leading and what are their innovations? What are the roles of finance, regulation, business, and leadership?
The Future of Cities
The Future of Cities: London, Shanghai, Barcelona, Sydney, New York, and 50 more cities. The next 50 years are critical to whether we will get good urbanisation or bad urbanisation as the urban century completes. But what about individual cities, how can we know their future? Will London reinvent itself again, can Shanghai emerge as the next great global city, where does Singapore go next, and what is the future for New York? How can we start to see the future of cities wee know,...
