Bjorn Waktare

National Director

Bjorn Waktare was born in Sweden. After university, he spent four years in advertising and marketing. Bjorn came to England in 1968 on an assignment from Sweden for a project in the gun industry. He started GMK Ltd (Gunmark) in 1971.

Previously Bjorn has been the Chairman of Shooting Sports Trust. He has served on the board of the Gun Trade Association. He was also President of CPSA from 1992 to 1994.


Currently, he is the General Secretary of FITASC and the Chairman of Beretta UK (GMK Ltd), Bear Holdings Ltd and LLC Ltd (Le Chameau).

What is clay shooting?

Clay pigeon shooting is the art of shooting at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets, with a shotgun.

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