“A warm thank you for your thoughtful, engaging and lively moderation of the Strategy 2020 plenary session. You skillfully brought in a range of perspectives from members; we know from past experience how hard it is to make such discussions interactive but you succeeded in “working the room”.  It was also a timely and complex session in terms of content, but you drew out and summed up the key points perfectly.”

Bjorn Stigson, President,
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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“As a young scientist I enjoyed the thrill of discovery but acquiring knowledge was not enough. It had to be made useful – to solve problems, satisfy needs and inspire people with new possibilities.  This led me to reconsider how I needed to make knowledge accessible – to demystify, simplify and engage people around a shared vision.”



Mark is a renowned expert in sustainability and sought after facilitator of senior executive teams and multi-stakeholder events. Mark offers a unique range of experiences and competencies to bring sustainability thinking into the mainstream of major corporations and institutions. His groundbreaking work encompasses both the ‘hard-wiring’ (reporting, governance, key performance indicators, systems and processes) and the ‘soft-wiring’ (winning the hearts and minds of leaders) to generate the ‘will, thrill, skill of sustainability’. He brings extensive multicultural experience and varied engagement techniques including scenario planning, risk and issues management, stakeholder engagement and experiential learning.

Mark is based in the UK.

SPECIALITIES & PASSIONS

  • Senior executive and multi stakeholder facilitation
  • Engaging senior leaders in identifying external trends and influences and assessing their implications to strategy, operations and culture
  • Scenario planning
  • Issues and risk identification and management
  • Assessing the status of sustainability in organisations
  • Developing a bespoke Road map for embedding deep and lasting change, on a personal, team and organisational level around sustainability
  • Passion for equipping the next generation of leaders with the capacity to be a force for good.

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 27 years with Shell where he has been recognised internally and externally as a key player and architect of Shell’s sustainability journey, holding the positions:
    • Head of Sustainable Development Policy, Strategy & Reporting
    • Head of the Sustainability Learning

    incorporating sustainability into all stages of the talent pipeline from graduate attraction to senior executive development

  • Since retiring from Shell in 2006, he works with senior executives helping them understand the operational and strategic importance of sustainability and guiding individual and organisational change

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD in Biochemistry & Microbiology
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of The Centre for Tomorrow’s Company
  • Member of Supervisory Board of the Academy of Business in Society (EABiS)
  • Member of Responsible Investment Advisory Board of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA)
  • Sustainability advisor to New Zealand Trade & Enterprise and member European Beachheads Board
  • Advisor to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

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