Richard A. Clarke has served as Board Director of MultiPlan Parent (or its predecessor) since October 2016. Since 2012, Mr. Clarke has served as Chief Executive Officer of Good Harbor Security Risk Management, a private consultancy specializing in cybersecurity for enterprises and mid-cap companies in aviation, insurance, finance, health, technology, and media. He is an advisor at paladin Capital Group (a venture capital firm). In addition, Mr. Clarke is the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Middle East Institute of Washington, D.C. and a member of the Board of Directors of Visible Assets (a private physical security devise manufacturer).
Mr. Clarke served for 30 years in the United States Government, serving three consecutive Presidents. In the White House he served as America’s first “Counter-Terrorism Czar” and its first “Cyber Czar.” Prior to his White House years, he served as a diplomat. He was confirmed as Assistant Secretary of State, and held other positions in the State Department (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence) and the Pentagon for twenty years. Since leaving government in 2003, Mr. Clarke has served as an on-air consultant for ABC News and taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for five years.
He is the author of ten books, including WARNINGS, on risk management, THE FIFTH DOMAIN, and CYBER WAR on cyber security and AGAINST ALL ENEMIES on terrorism and national security.
Mr. Clarke was co-chair of Virginia Governor McAuliffe’s Cybersecurity Commission and is the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Middle East Institute. He also has served on the New York Cybersecurity Advisory Board since 2013. Mr. Clarke was formerly a member of President Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Technology. He has served as a director of several private companies, including Veracode, Inc., Carbon Black, Inc. (f/k/a Bit9, Inc.), Visible Assets, Inc., BlueCat Networks, Inc. and Nok Labs, Inc. He has served on corporate advisory boards including RedSeal, Inc., Paladin Capital Group, Awake Security, Inc., Red Five Security, LLC and HawkEye 360, Inc.