With over 25 years consulting experience, Mark’s expertise lies in Automotive and Logistics industry verticals complimented by a particular interest around finance, insurance, technology and data business models.  With background in a financial services, this interested in motor insurance extends in insurance distribution more broadly and other areas of lending.

Automotive

His Automotive experience spans all non-manufacturing elements of the value chain including Car Buying Services; Classified Advertising & Lead Generation; Dealerships; Automotive Leasing and Finance; Motor Insurance; Service, Maintenance & Repair Workshops; Vehicle Rental and Vehicle Remarketing / Auctions.  Working for many of the leading brands in the space, the focus has been on disruptive business models to win share as both consumer and corporate attitudes to vehicle usership change over time.

He has also worked for a range of technology and data businesses supporting these players including valuation data, specification data, dealer software, repair and maintenance information and fleet management tools & software.

Logistics

With a focus on last mile delivery and national logistics, he has worked on both asset heavy and asset light businesses ranging from traditional couriers, mail operators and PUDO/locker solutions to carrier management and transport management software businesses to enable this ecosystem.

Having founded a vehicle logistics marketplace, this expertise extends into other logistics-related marketplaces such as freight exchanges.

Insurance Distribution & Specialty Lending

A final area of interest is financial services distribution with a focus on digital disruption.  Working across personal and commercial lines, his insurance work has focused on price comparison plus insurance brokers.

Speciality lending leverages a background of working in Investment Banking and chairing a property development funding business.

Mark advises both owners and investors in these businesses across Europe and North America.

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Beyond OC&C, Mark supports a leading Children’s Charity in the UK, is co-founder and Chairman of Engineius a vehicle movement business, Chairman of Clearwell Capital and is a keen golfer.

Education

  • MarchFIRST (formerly Mitchell Madison Group)
  • British Gas Global
  • Oxford University: Engineering, Economics and Management

How to own and run a car is one of life’s bigger decisions with the industry having undergone significant change in recent years and likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The hype is around autonomous vehicle and EV transition but the real question is how to benefit from changing driver attitudes and the way individuals and businesses own and use vehicles.