Andrew Clarke

Andrew Clarke serves as a director of Element and is a member of the Audit Committee and the C&R Committee. He was appointed as director in June 2018.

Mr. Clarke has over 20 years of experience in the transportation industry. Mr. Clarke previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of C.H. Robinson, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a NASDAQ-listed corporation and one of the world’s largest third-party logistics providers, a position he held from 2015 to 2019. From 2007 to 2013, Mr. Clarke was the Chief Executive Officer of Panther Expedited Services, Inc. of Seville, Ohio, a premium logistics provider that focuses on the automotive, life sciences, governmental and manufacturing segments. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Clarke served in various executive roles, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, at Forward Air Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed, diversified transportation services corporation.

Mr. Clarke is currently a director of Logistics Innovation Technologies Corp., a NASDAQ-listed special purpose acquisition company, and a director of two private companies, Direct Chassis Link, Inc. and Rock-it Cargo USA LLC. Mr. Clarke was previously a director of several other public companies, including Big Lots, Inc., Forward Air Corporation, Blount International Inc., where he served as Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee, and Pacer International, Inc., where he served as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.

Mr. Clarke holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.