Mark is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and board advisor. He is an experienced Board Chair, specialising in high-growth, tech-enabled businesses, often with a B2C brand. As an Entrepreneur, Mark co-founded Beer Hawk (exited to AB InBev), an e-commerce venture which he scaled from two mates in a shed to a thriving business with over £80m in revenues and a team of over 200 beery enthusiasts. As an Intrapreneur, Mark launched PerfectDraft globally, seeding the product in the UK before scaling it to over $200m in revenues, with a presence on 3 continents, and becoming a lead Direct-To-Consumer proposition for ABInBev. As a Board Adviser, Mark is an Operational Partner for Praetura Ventures, an Industry Adviser at the University of Oxford and notably Chaired the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. As an Angel Investor, Mark has backed over 10 start-ups, provides ongoing mentoring for the founding teams, and is the Chair of Leeds Angels. Mark published his first book in 2025, “The Entrepreneur Within”, and speaks internationally about innovation and entrepreneurship.