Mark Mackenzie provides solutions to entrepreneurs who are building great global companies. He takes a long-term view to financing companies who are preparing the transition of taking public their rapidly scaling business. He currently runs Equity Private Placements for UBS brokering large equity transactions. Mark connects entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to the right investors for long-term value creation and provides a wide range of solutions to successful teams.
Prior to his current role, Mark was at AB running their TMT Venture Capital effort and working with buyside analysts and portfolio managers to identify misvalued equities utilizing in-depth knowledge of transformational themes, deep industry relationships and rigorous financial analysis. Mark was a Board member/ observer on deals such as Brightcove, Impinj, Jumptap, Pure Digital and Visible World. Mark was previously at AB’s sell-side subsidiary Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. where he covered, modeled and wrote research on publicly traded companies. Before joining Bernstein in 2002, he was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers in New York and London handling financings, M&A and IPOs and a manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Beijing and London.
Managing Director @ Work with company owners to prepare the slow transition to being public. Identifying and raise large, primary and secondary investments from Institutional Investors, Sovereign Funds, VCs and Family Offices. Focused on solving entrepreneurs needs by identifying the right long-term investors/ partners. From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Greater New York City AreaSr. Analyst / Head of TMT VC @ From July 2002 to January 2015 (12 years 7 months) Media & Communications Investment Banker (New York, London) @ From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Greater New York City AreaManager (Beijing, London) @ From January 1995 to August 1998 (3 years 8 months) Beijing City, ChinaStaff Accountant @ From 1993 to 1995 (2 years) Austin, Texas Area
2000 @ NYU Stern School of Business From 1998 to 2000 BBA @ University of Texas From 1988 to 1992 Mark Mackenzie is skilled in: Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Equities, Equity Research, Mergers, Entrepreneurship, Digital Media, Strategy, Business Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Start-ups, Portfolio Management, IPO, Hedge Funds, Board of Director experience