A varied career

From aspiring session guitarist, to telemarketer, luxury eyewear aficionado, independent optical champion and now managing director at what he calls ‘one of the best kept secrets in British optics’, Julian Clarke’s career in the optical sector has been a varied one.

He recently became CaseCo managing director, making a return to the company where he began his career in optics as its very first sales rep in 1998. ‘It was my first rep job in optics and after a couple of years I was invited to become a partner in the business,’ he explains. This early boardroom exposure led Clarke onto different things and primed him with an appreciation for the finer things in the optical industry.