Ian Clarke

Director, Business Development, Sirius Insight

Ian Clarke is the Director, Business Development with Sirius Insight.  He is a former Captain in the Royal Navy, having served for more than 30 years as a Warfare Officer, gaining extensive experience of maritime surveillance and security operations in many different regions all around the world.  He commanded four ships including offshore patrol vessels engaged in homeland security, and a destroyer deployed overseas.  He was the maritime officer in the HQ Directorate UK Special Forces working with other government departments to enhance maritime resilience and response, and a Special Advisor to the Chair of NATO’s Military Committee.  His final assignment was as the British Defence Attache in Madrid between 2019 – 2022.  Ian has an MSc in Technology (Maritime Operations).  He joined Sirius Insight in 2023 , pleased to be championing the smarter use of data to enhance maritime border security.