James Clark - Executive Director

James co-founded Conservative Friends of the Armed Forces in 2019. He served from 2009 – 2015 as a Regular Infantry Officer in the Mercian Regiment. He conducted two tours of Afghanistan (one of which was featured in BBC Our War). Since leaving the Regular Army James has been a Reserve Officer with the London Regiment. In 2023, James was promoted to the rank of Major as a Reservist in 4 Mercian.

James worked in Parliament and and CCHQ prior to his military career. Since then he was a Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence, Grant Shapps MP. In 2016, he was elected Lewisham & Deptford Conservative Association Chairman and stood for local council twice. In 2017 and again in 2019, he stood as the Conservative Candidate in Islington North against Jeremy Corbyn. In 2024, he stood as the Conservative Candidate in Great Yarmouth.

You can read more about James' military career here.

Contact James here: [email protected]