Clerk to the Legislature
Mr. Clark Somner
Mr. Clark Somner is a long-time civil servant, having
first joined the Legislature Department in 1987 as a Supernumerary Assistant
Clerk. He has served in various capacities, including Assistant Clerk to
the Legislature and Senior Assistant Clerk (later Deputy Clerk), and now Clerk to the Legislature. He has also
had many years of experience as Secretary to both the Public Accounts Committee
and the Parliamentary Committee on the Office of the Auditor General.
Mr. Somner holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from St.
Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, Canada and worked several years in Bermuda’s
private banking sector before earning a degree and prior to joining the Bermuda
Government.
Mr. Somner has enjoyed a Secondment to the UK Houses of
Parliament in 2001 and has completed an ILEX Certificate in Vocational
Paralegal Studies, among other work related courses at the Bermuda College and
in DHR Training and Development.
Mr. Somner has participated in numerous Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association conferences and seminars in Bermuda, the
Caribbean Region and elsewhere overseas, including international Parliamentary
Clerks conferences in Nigeria, Canada and Kenya.