Carl Clump

Background

Carl has been the CEO of an LSE listed company, an AIM listed company, a private equity backed company and a start-up as well as being Group Managing Director for a VC backed entity.

He was the Chairman of the card issuing subsidiary of a family owned private bank until 2015. From 2016 to 2019 he was the Chairman of an Australian specialist media company which provides advertising, communications and premium entertainment and is listed on the ASX.

In 1991 he founded a European joint venture consisting of five downstream oil companies.

In 2000, Carl founded payments and fraud prevention company, Retail Decisions Plc and then led the management buy-out of the company in 2006. During his time at Retail Decisions, the company established presence on all continents except Antarctica, and he led the company's entry into China, establishing a joint venture with a Chinese company which was subsequently acquired by JD.com, China's largest internet company by revenue.

He has lived and worked in France, Belgium, UK, USA, Australia, and Singapore.

Carl was awarded a Cranfield bursary and completed the full-time MBA program at Cranfield in 1980.