Mark is a well rounded individual, with career and life experience in business, public policy, media and entrepreneurship, in the UK and internationally.
Experienced non-exec director and chairman, and active angel investor. Experienced in guiding owner-managed and family owned businesses on a pathway to sale.
Undertake selected strategy and business development consultancy assignments. Mentoring/long term strategic support to CEO's and business founders. Facilitation of projects and initiatives.
Director of Business Development @ Pointr Labs is an exciting software company which has developed the best performing indoor positioning and navigation technology available today. It provides venues such as airports, retail malls and exhibitions with real-time position, turn-by-turn navigation, contextual user notifications and data analytics. Effectively, Pointr enables in the indoor environment what GPS does outdoors. My role is to help Pointr establish a global leadership position in the aviation sector. From June 2015 to Present (7 months) London, United KingdomMember of the Advisory Board @ Whitespace is a new fund focusing primarily on Artificial Intelligence (AI), SaaS and Industry-focused IoT businesses with global aspirations beginning at the “equity gap”. Whitespace was founded by a diverse team of entrepreneurs with a shared vision of how to build great global tech companies. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Non Executive Director @ Hills Balfour is the UK’s leading public relations and representation consultancy serving the travel and tourism industry. Globally recognised representation service encompassing PR, sales, MICE, marketing and brand development of leading travel and tourism companies with specific focus on and expertise of tourist boards, tour operators, resorts, hotels and airlines. From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Non-Executive Director @ Appointed to the board of this family owned business, based in St Lucia, which owns two major resorts and other businesses on the island. The role is to assist the company in its continuing process of institutional strengthening, establishing best practice corporate governance. The flagship resort is the Bodyholiday at Le Sport, an award winning destination, and recently British Airways’ number one hotel worldwide by bed-night bookings. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Chairman @ Part-owner, having bought company out of receivership. Rapido was for many years Channel 4's largest supplier of programmes. Among 100 titles was the award winning Eurotrash series, hosted by Antoine de Caune and Jean-Paul Gaultier, and which is the UK's second longest running TV programme. The company still licences Eurotrash to the most unlikely corners of the Earth... From April 2004 to Present (11 years 9 months) Member of the Governing Body @ Member of the Governing Body of the University for the Creative Arts, with 7,000 students over 4 campuses in Kent and Surrey. From May 2012 to April 2015 (3 years) Non-Exec Chairman @ Non-Exec Chairman of gas and electric utility owned by an infrastructure fund From June 2007 to March 2012 (4 years 10 months) Non-Executive Director @ Independent non-exec Director of US$ 6bn investment fund which became the world’s largest private owner of international airports, with stakes in Rome, Brussels, Sydney, Copenhagen, Bristol and Birmingham airports. Director of Macquarie Airport Holdings Bermuda Limited, which held all airports except Sydney. I was also Chairman of the Audit Committee of MAHBL during this period. From July 2003 to July 2006 (3 years 1 month) Divisional Director @ Lead role in setting up Macquarie Airports Group, and growing it into the largest private owner of airports worldwide. Airports acquired included Sydney, Bristol, Copenhagen, Rome, among others. From June 2000 to May 2004 (4 years) Founding Partner @ Leading aviation and infrastructure consultancy, working on strategy and business development issues From January 1994 to June 2000 (6 years 6 months) Special Adviser to Ministers @ Public policy and political adviser to John Major and Nigel Lawson at HM Treasury From June 1987 to December 1989 (2 years 7 months) Strategy Consultant @ Engagement Manager working on strategy, business development and organisational studies for clients in industries ranging from telecoms to consumer electronics. Based in London, Paris and Tokyo offices. From January 1984 to June 1987 (3 years 6 months) Industrial Relations Adviser @ Working on range of HR and industrial relations issues, including negotiations with the TGWU regarding road tanker drivers. From September 1978 to October 1982 (4 years 2 months)
MBA @ INSEAD From 1983 to 1983 BSc, Applied Mathematics @ St Andrews University From 1973 to 1978 Mark Call is skilled in: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Business Strategy, Investments, Airports, Flights, Fine Art Photography, Mountaineering, Mergers, Business Development, Emerging Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Modeling, Business Planning