Michael Clarke
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
food and beverages industry
Beam Suntory Group
United States of America
Biography
Member of the Board since March 2014. Mr Clarke has dual Irish/South African citizenship and is an Australian resident. He has held senior executive roles at Kraft Foods, where he was President of the Company’s European business and sat on the global operating board, The Coca-Cola Company and Reebok International. He was Chief Executive Officer of the UK publicly listed company Premier Foods Plc, where he led a significant turnaround of the business. Mr Clarke was a director of Quiksilver Inc. from April 2013 to February 2016 and a director of Wolseley plc from March 2011 to March 2014.
Research Interest
Member of the Board since March 2014. Mr Clarke has dual Irish/South African citizenship and is an Australian resident. He has held senior executive roles at Kraft Foods, where he was President of the Company’s European business and sat on the global operating board, The Coca-Cola Company and Reebok International. He was Chief Executive Officer of the UK publicly listed company Premier Foods Plc, where he led a significant turnaround of the business. Mr Clarke was a director of Quiksilver Inc. from April 2013 to February 2016 and a director of Wolseley plc from March 2011 to March 2014.
