Wesley Clark

Investment banker, author, and political commentator; former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Wesley Clark served thirty-four years in the United States Army and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. After his retirement in 2000, he became an investment banker, author, commentator, and businessman. In previous duty, General Clark was the commander-in-chief, US Southern Command. From April 1994 to June 1996, he was the director of Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, in the Joint Staff, where he helped negotiate the end to the war in Bosnia. Clark serves as chairman and CEO of Wesley K Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm; chairman of investment bank Rodman & Renshaw; co-chairman of Growth Energy; senior fellow at UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations; chairman of Solar Energy Squared, LLC; director of International Crisis Group; chairman of City Year Little Rock; as well as numerous corporate boards.