Clive Aston was President of the LMAA from 2014-17. Clive studied Law at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was awarded the Lizette Bentwich Prize for Law.

After obtaining his degree at Cambridge, he qualified as a Barrister-at-Law. Rather than practise at the bar, he went directly into the shipping field, working at a leading P&I Club between 1979 and 1988 where he managed the Freight, Demurrage and Defence class of cover and the Greek P&I syndicate at the Club.

In 1988 Clive established his own maritime consultancy practice. At the same time, he began accepting arbitration appointments and has since acted as arbitrator in a wide range of maritime and commercial disputes. As well as being President of the LMAA from 2014-17, Clive has had several separate spells as a Committee Member of the LMAA and in these capacities has travelled widely on behalf of the LMAA and made many presentations on all aspects of LMAA arbitration.

Clive is a qualified mediator, Member of the Baltic Exchange and listed Panel Member of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Thailand Arbitration Centre.