Clive Robert Humby was born on 3 February 1955 and is a British mathematician and entrepreneur in the field of data science and customer-centric business strategies.
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Clive Humby worked on a project that used data from the 1970 census to plan locations for US Army recruitment offices following the abolition of the draft.
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Clive Humby returned to CACI's UK office in 1977 and contributed to the development of the ACORN classification system.
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In 1989, Humby left CACI to become joint founder and Chief Data Officer of global consumer insights business, dunnhumby, with his wife and long-term business partner, Edwina Dunn.
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Clive Humby applied science and technology to customer data, to help businesses understand consumer trends and behaviours.
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Clive Humby is a trustee of the Royal Academy, as well as chairman of the Friends of the Royal Academy.
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Clive Humby was awarded an OBE for services to Data and UK Business in the 2019 Birthday Honours.
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Clive Humby is on the retail advisory board of LetterOne, an international investment business.
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Clive Humby holds honorary doctorates in engineering from the University of Sheffield, and in Business Administration from Kingston University London.
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Clive Humby is an Honorary Companion of the Operational Research Society.