Dave Clark

Group Chief Executive Officer, Aurum Institute

Dave Clark is Group Chief Executive Officer of Aurum Institute, in the role since January 2025.

The Aurum Institute is an African health organisation working on the prevention and treatment of HIV and tuberculosis. It was set up in 1998 to respond to TB, HIV and lung disease in South Africa's mining communities.

In the job

  1. Aurum announced that Clark would succeed founder Gavin Churchyard as group chief executive from 1 January 2025, after a board process that considered nearly 200 candidates. Source

Career before

  1. to 2024Group Chief Operating Officer, Aurum Institute
  2. Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Education

MBBCh, MBA, BCom and DHSM; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School

Sources

  1. auruminstitute.org
  2. it-online.co.za

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