Public Service
Giles Clarke has served with the following public bodies:
- 2002–2007 As a National Council member of the Learning and Skills Council, the largest quango in the UK with a budget of £10 billion, responsible for all UK adult learning. and a member of the Adult Learning Committee, a statutory body set up by the UK Parliament.
- Clarke was Deputy Chair of the EU Task Force on Skills and Mobility and presented its report to the Barcelona Summit in 2002.
- Deputy Chairman of the Bristol Old Vic theatre until 2007.
- Patron of Changing Faces, the UK national charity supporting and representing people with disfigurement.
- Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers, Bristol (2011)
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