{{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Brodie Clark | image = | caption = | birth_name = Robert Brodie Clark | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|06|16}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | occupation = Civil servant, prison consultant | spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Taylor|1976}}<ref name="WhosWho">{{Who's Who |year=2023 |title =Clark, (Robert) Brodie |id=U249634 | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U249634}}</ref> | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Glasgow }} '''Robert Brodie Clark''' CBE (born 16 June 1951), better known as '''Brodie Clark''', is a British security consultant and former civil servant.
==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 and Woodhill prisons. In 1994 he was appointed governor to Whitemoor top security jail.<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/breakout-jail-feared-loss-of-control-1448195.html |title=Breakout jail feared loss of control |work=The Independent | location=London |first1=Nick |last1=Cohen |first2=Mary |last2=Braid |date=11 September 1994}}</ref> In September of that year, six prisoners - including Paul Magee and other IRA members - escaped from the prison's Special Secure Unit after smuggling a gun into the prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-03 |title=Escaped prisoners win payout |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/03/northernireland.prisonsandprobation |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> All were recaptured within minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-03-03 |title=Escaped prisoners win payout |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/mar/03/northernireland.prisonsandprobation |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name=BBC15601988>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15601988 |title=Head of UK border force Brodie Clark suspended |work=BBC News |date=5 November 2011 |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="travis">{{cite news|first=Alan |last=Travis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/05/head-of-uk-border-force-suspended |title=Head of UK border force suspended |work=The Guardian |date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=9 November 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15648367 |title=Border chief Brodie Clark steps down over checks row |work=BBC News |date=9 November 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15750722 |title=Brodie Clark 'surprised' May unaware checks were eased |work=BBC News |date=16 November 2011}}</ref> He later pursued legal action against the Home Office, reportedly reaching an out-of-court settlement.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17398148 | work=BBC News | title=Brodie Clark: Ex-UKBA head settles legal dispute | date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/9149139/Brodie-Clark-receives-100000-over-Border-Agency-row-but-no-one-is-to-blame.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Martin | last=Beckford | title=Brodie Clark receives £100,000 over Border Agency row – but no one is to blame | date=17 March 2012}}</ref> On 19 January 2012, the Committee published its report, ''Inquiry into the provision of UK Border Controls''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2012 |title=Inquiry into the provision of UK Border Controls |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmhaff/1647/164703.htm |website=publications.parliament.uk}}</ref>
Since 2013, Clark has worked as a consultant in security and border operations.<ref name="WhosWho"/>
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