Career
Brodie Clark started his career in Her Majesty's Prison Service in 1973 as assistant governor HM Borstal Wetherby, from 1977 to 1981 he was at Acklington prison and from 1981 to 1994 had appointments as governor at Gartree, Bedford prisons and in 1992 he successfully commissioned, opened and governed the New Generation Prison at Milton Keynes, Woodhill prison. In 1994 he was appointed governor to Whitemoor top security jail. [2]
Clark was appointed head of Border Force, a part of the UK Border Agency, in 2008.
In November 2011, Clark was suspended and later resigned from Border Force amid a controversy over the relaxation of border checks. [3] [4] [5] Then-Home Secretary Theresa May had approved a pilot scheme allowing reduced checks for EU nationals, but it was alleged that Clark had extended these relaxations to non-EU passengers without ministerial approval. Clark denied the accusations, asserting that he had acted within his authority and was being used as a scapegoat for broader failures in the UK Border Agency. He appeared before the Home Affairs Select Committee, where he strongly defended his decisions and criticized the Home Office for misrepresenting the situation. [6] He later pursued legal action against the Home Office, reportedly reaching an out-of-court settlement. [7] [8] On 19 January 2012, the Committee published its report, Inquiry into the provision of UK Border Controls. [9]
Since 2013, Clark has worked as a consultant in security and border operations. [1]
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