Michael Clark

Michael Clark is Forrest’s Director, Sales & Marketing. He has over 20 years of experience informing markets of the value of products and services. Michael’s role is to ensure that Forrest clients understand how Forrest is a valued partner in the achievement of their strategy.

Michael had worked with Forrest since 2005, providing marketing creative services and graphic design, and helping to define and clarify the firm’s branding position, graphic and editorial standards and operations systems. Most recently, Michael has been co-writing thought-leadership articles with Forrest subject matter experts.

Working mostly freelance since 1988, Michael’s clients have included CIBC, HSBC, the University of Toronto, PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as many non-profit organizations involved in literacy, numeracy and employment. For two years, Michael was the Creative Director of the Phnom Penh, Cambodia office of the global ad firm Bates Advertising. Michael is also an award-winning graphic designer.

Michael attended the Ontario College of Art and the University of Toronto from which he graduated with a BA in International Relations. Off hours, Michael is a nationally recognized reviewer of books on Canadian military history and foreign policy. He is a vacation diver and a weekend sailor on his very old, very brown sailboat.