Mark is an experienced financial services professional who was Managing Director for Barclays Wealth in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

He is also a qualified chartered accountant and was previously a top ranked fund manager with Scottish Widows and also ran part of the global equities business for Deutsche Bank. He has extensive non executive experience and has sat on the Scottish Financial Services board helping advise the First Minister.

He currently chairs the audit committee for four publicly quoted Investment Trusts and also sits on the board of Lindsays solicitors.

In his spare time Mark skis down mountains, cycles up hills and plays golf whenever time allows. He is also a (part) qualified South African game ranger.