Education
Clink was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and King"s College London (Master of Arts International Security and Strategy, 2012).
Clink was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School and King"s College London (Master of Arts International Security and Strategy, 2012).
He became Commanding Officer of HMS Ark Royal in July 2008 and Deputy Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in June 2011. In the latter role he commanded Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval task force working under a 25 nation coalition of Combined Maritime Forces based in Bahrain. He went on to be Commander British Forces Gibraltar in November 2012, Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in the rank of rear admiral in August 2014 and Flag Officer Sea Training in 2015.
Clink was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2002.