{"id":230620,"date":"2023-04-04T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=230620"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:26:52","slug":"clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarks UK Managing Director exits business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Joe Ulloa, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/the_directory\/clarks-shoes\/\">Clarks<\/a><\/span>\u2019 Managing Director of the UK, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, has stepped down from his role.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ulloa joined the footwear brand as retail and franchise director of the UK and Europe in 2017, working his way up the ranks to Managing Director. Prior to his 6 year stint at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarks.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarks<\/a>, Ulloa held positions including Operations &amp; Business Development Director at Halfords, Group Operations Director at Snow + Rock, and General Manager at L\u2019OCCITANE Group.<\/p>\n<p>Ulloa is currently a Board Advisor for Each Person, a company built to help businesses fulfil commitments to people and the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Until a successor is appointed, Clarks\u2019 Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Ram will manage the UK and Ireland team. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-appoints-former-group-president-of-hanesbrands-as-new-ceo\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ram stepped into the CEO role of British footwear brand Clarks just last March<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Clarks spokesperson said: \"Clarks can confirm that after a successful period with the business, Joe Alloa has stepped down from his role as managing director for the UK, ROI &amp; MEA and has left Clarks. CEO Jon Ram is leading the UK &amp; Ireland team in the interim period as Clarks recruits Joe\u2019s replacement.\"<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/set-free-richardson-named-as-clarks-originals-creative-specialist\/\">self-proclaimed 'creative Jedi', Set Free Richardson, was named as Clarks Originals new Creative Specialist.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":230623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,6,20822,10494],"tags":[4659,23300,20382],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Clarks UK Managing Director exits business - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joe Ulloa, Clarks\u2019 Managing Director of the UK, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, has stepped down from his role.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clarks UK Managing Director exits business - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joe Ulloa, Clarks\u2019 Managing Director of the UK, Ireland, the Middle East and Africa, has stepped down from his role.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T07:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T16:26:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/clarks.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chloe Burney\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chloe Burney\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chloe Burney\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/04c8820fce3db93175092637b1978f3b\"},\"headline\":\"Clarks UK Managing Director exits business\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-04T07:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-04T16:26:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/clarks-managing-director-makes-an-exit\/\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Clarks\",\"Jonathan Ram\",\"Managing Director\"],\"articleSection\":{\"0\":\"Brands &amp; 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