Barry Clarke

Professor Barry Clarke is a British civil engineer. He specialises in geotechnical engineering and is Associate Director of the Institute of Resilient Infrastructure at Leeds University. Clarke has also worked at Cambridge University and at Newcastle University, where he obtained his first degree. He is a prolific writer with more than a hundred research papers and reports to his name and has written a textbook on pressuremeters in engineering applications. Clarke has sat on many construction industry committees and bodies, particularly those associated with engineering education.

Early life Clarke grew up in the North East of England and studied civil engineering at Newcastle University. During his time there he attended a lecture given by leading civil engineer Ove Arup and was greatly impressed by him. Clarke became Dean of Business Development for science and engineering in 2003. Since 2008 he has worked at Leeds University, where he is Associate Director of the Institute of Resilient Infrastructure, and lives in nearby Harrogate with his wife, Sandra. Clarke was also a non executive director of the ICE's trading subsidiary, Thomas Telford Limited, from 2008 to 2012. He was elected president of the ICE and took office on 7 November 2012 for a one year term.