Clive’s career as a leading life insurance executive and entrepreneur has encompassed start-ups and large business across markets in the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and Asia.

Clive founded his first business under the Resolution Life brand in 2003, and he has been at the forefront of the life insurance consolidation sector for more than 20 years.

The acquisition of Resolution Life by Nippon Life in 2025 marks the fourth time Clive has founded, built, and sold a consolidation and reinsurance company, Resolution companies in total have raised and deployed more than $20bn of equity to support the global life insurance industry.

Clive is the Founder and the Chairman of the Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the U.K., with a focus on low to medium earners. Since 2005, the Resolution Foundation has put living standards at the heart of political debates through its forensic research and active policy promotion.

Clive is also the owner of Resolution Media which invests in media assets and is Publisher of Prospect, Britain’s leading monthly current affairs magazine. Prospect is committed to rigorous, long-form journalism which offers in-depth analysis and thought-provoking commentary.