Mark is Chief Partnerships Officer at FourthRev, bringing together world-leading universities, technology companies and employer partners to deliver learning experiences with direct pathways to qualifications and jobs in the digital economy.
Previously, Mark was co-founder and Managing Director of Universities and Educational Partnerships at FutureLearn, one of the world's foremost massive open online course (MOOC) platforms. He was responsible for growing FutureLearn's partnerships to over 150 leading research-intensive universities and specialist organisations. In his position, he advised university executives on the higher education landscape, digital strategy and internationalisation. Mark spearheaded FutureLearn's online degrees and microcredential propositions, securing FutureLearn’s first degree partnerships and founding the European Common Microcredential Framework.
Mark is also joint founder of the European MOOC Consortium. He sat on the Management Board of a major DFID-British Council project aimed at supporting access to higher education for 20,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and on the advisory board of a research project led by Leeds University on The Unbundled University. Mark speaks frequently at industry fora globally on the impact of new technology in education and the emergence of new forms of micro-credential for lifelong learning.
In his earlier career, Mark headed the strategy unit at the Open University in the UK. He has held senior positions in the financial services sector and in the UK civil service. Before that, he worked as a managing consultant at US strategy consultancy, Monitor Group, working on strategic challenges for governments and multinational enterprises in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.