Alan Clark (businessman)

On 22 April 2013, he became the chief executive officer (CEO) of SABMiller,[1] a FTSE 100 multinational brewing and beverage company, and the world's second largest brewer.

[3][4] Clark was born on 22 September 1959[1] in South Africa,[5] son of a tradesman and a clerical mother, he finished school in 1976.

[7] After completing his doctorate, Clark was a practising clinical psychologist and psychology lecturer at South Africa's Vista University,[7] where he was an associate professor at the Centre for Cognitive Development.

[6] Clark remembers finding Mackay and the large panel intimidating, although he was drawn to their "very enquiring" minds.

[9] He was in this role until July 2012, when he became chief operating officer (COO), and then in April 2013, CEO of SABMiller, the world's second largest brewer,[10] succeeding Graham Mackay.