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Clark is a high energy and results driven executive leader with over 25 years of progressive executive leadership assignments in marketing management, strategic alliance and business development, strategic planning and consulting. Recently, Collins worked for the world’s leading luxury travel consortia Virtuoso as EVP/CMO. While at Virtuoso, Collins was responsible for leading the company’s international marketing, sales support, strategic alliance, market research and strategic planning divisions. Collins served on Virtuoso’s executive committee reporting to the company’s CEO and President. Clark Collins has spent the majority of his 25 year career as a thought leader in areas of business strategy and marketing, with several of the nations most respected brands in the financial services industry. Collins was the Senior Vice President of Marketing with Washington Mutual, one of the nation's most innovative and respected retailers of financial services, serving consumers and small to mid-sized businesses. While at Washington Mutual, Collins was the #2 executive responsible for all day-to-day operations including managing the bank’s $500MM marketing budget. Prior to joining the executive ranks at Washington Mutual, Collins was senior executive with the Charles Schwab Corporation. During his career with Schwab, Collins lead marketing strategy and brand management as well as client profitability programs which included acquisition and client loyalty and retention related programs. Before joining Schwab, Collins served as Managing Partner with a Southern California based integrated marketing consulting firm which provided brand strategy, integrated marketing, advertising and public relations services for early stage, established and pre-IPO clients. Collins began his career in financial services with Glendale Federal Bank, a California based regional thrift. While at Glendale federal Collins worked in several senior management roles including, Capital Markets, Operations & Administrative Services, Internal Consulting and Marketing. Early in his career, Collins also served in several management level roles for a Los Angeles based publishing firm which catered to the affluent consumer segment. Collins can be best described as a savvy marketer and thought leader with a wealth of integrated marketing experience as well as a proven track record in leadership with small, mid-sized and large fortune 500 companies. Collins represents a new age of marketing executives who has successfully blended his business strategic and analytical skills with his strategic marketing and communications acumen. | 