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Major General Clark has commanded at brigade level and below and has experience of war fighting, combat and construction engineering, capacity building, UN peacekeeping, and developing and maintaining very high readiness forces. He has also worked in the Ministry of Defence supporting the Army’s strategic communications and cross-government engagement.

His education includes an undergraduate degree in Arabic (with Islamic Studies and History) from Oxford University, a master's degree in Military Art and Science from the US School of Advanced Military Studies, the UK Defence Higher Command and Staff Course and the Institute of Directors' Strategic Business Programme.

From September 2016 to September 2018 Major General Clark worked as the Military Assistant to the British Prime Minister with responsibility for the political-military interface, all Defence matters and Middle East foreign policy within No 10 Downing Street. Following this, he commanded 16 Air Assault Brigade, the Army's Global Response Force, before moving back to the Ministry of Defence to lead the British Army's contribution to the UK Government's Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper.

Major General Clark was appointed the British Army’s Head of Strategy in February 2021 and led work to complete the redesign of the Army – announced as Future Soldier in November 2021. He then led the delivery of the resulting institutional change and the iteration of the Army’s strategy in response to global events. From September 2023 until taking up this appointment he was a Member of the Global Strategy Programme at the Royal College of Defence Studies. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2019.