Mark is an experienced technologist whose early corporate successes led him to form his own enterprise software company, while also leading an advanced engineering company to its M&A. A former Senior Adviser at UK Trade & Investment, where he used his time to build contacts in technology, IoT and smart cities sectors, as well as the investment and accelerator environment. The role facilitated a good understanding of the London technology environment.

He continued supporting ideas, start-ups and scale-ups with several of his own investments and ventures, including an exclusive fintech accelerator programme, The Fintech Power50, and running the operations and editorial functions at The Fintech Times, a global multimedia news outlet centred around the world's first leading fintech newspaper.