Clive Cowdery

Founder and Chairman

Clive founded the Resolution Group in 2003.  As Chairman, he leads the four main Resolution entities active in investing, public policy, media and philanthropy.

Resolution Capital has founded, built and sold four life insurance consolidation and reinsurance companies under the Resolution Life brand, raising and deploying more than $20 billion of equity since 2003 to support the global life insurance industry. Its most recent company was sold in 2025 to Nippon Life of Japan.

Resolution Foundation was founded in 2005 as an independent think-tank dedicated to lifting living standards in the U.K, with a focus on low to medium earners . Over the past 20 years the Resolution Foundation has put living standards at the heart of political debates through its forensic research and active policy promotion. 

Resolution Media invests in media assets, and is publisher of Prospect, Britain’s leading monthly current affairs magazine, which is committed to rigorous, long-form journalism offering in-depth analysis and thought-provoking commentary.

Resolution Trust is a UK registered charity which provides funding for the Resolution Foundation and other public interest and philanthropic activities.