CEOGenerations For Peace
Mark Clark MBE
Mark is passionate about transformational change in individuals, communities, and organisations. He has been CEO of Generations For Peace (GFP) since 2011. GFP is a Jordan-based international peace-building NGO empowering youth leaders to transform conflict and reduce violence at grass roots in communities across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe, by promoting youth leadership, community empowerment, active tolerance, and responsible citizenship. GFP is ranked “#34 in the Top 500 NGOs in the World" (#2 ranked peace-building NGO in the world) by NGO Advisor.
Mark’s diverse experience includes humanitarian emergency relief work; sustainable community development; sustainable livelihoods; water and sanitation; community health programmes; sport-for-development programmes to address HIV/AIDs, violence against women, and to promote healthy lifestyles and youth leadership; inter-tribal conflict transformation; post-conflict transition; democratic governance and election education programmes; and capacity development of governmental and non-governmental organisations, including National Olympic Committees.
Mark is from Scotland and has also worked in Papua New Guinea (2006-2010), D.R.Congo (2005-2006); Iraq (2003-2005); and India (2001-2002). Formerly a corporate lawyer in the UK and India, Mark is a Solicitor (Law Society of Scotland), and Member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet.
Mark has an LLB(Hons) & DipLP (University of Edinburgh); an MA in Executive Management (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1); an MSc in Consulting & Coaching for Change (HEC School of Management Paris and Oxford University’s Saïd Business School); and certificates in Transformative Dialogue (Nansen Centre for Peace and Dialogue); Community Dispute Resolution (Colorado State University); and Non-Violent Communication (Centre for Nonviolent Communication). Mark also passed out from RMA Sandhurst, serving as a British Army Officer for 10 years.