Business Speaker - Non Executive Director - Mark Mills

One of the UK's best Business Speakers and Entrepreneur Mark Mills founded Cardpoint plc in 1999 and an offer was made for Cardpoint plc valuing it at £170m in 2006, by which time its annual revenues had soared to £98.2m with profit for the year ending September 2006 of £19.8m. Cardpoint was subsequently merged with Alphyra to become Payzone and now belongs to Duke Street Capital.

During Mark's tenure as CEO at Cardpoint plc, he developed Dutch and German businesses, acquired part of Halifax Bank of Scotland for £49m and was a key participant in a UK Treasury Select Committee. Mark's largest acquisition to date is Moneybox plc for £90m.

Business Speakers

Book Mark as your business speaker if you want to hear a specialist give a humorous speech outlining how to stay motivated in the face of adversity. You will hear the story of how he sat in a New York Starbucks every day for a week and convinced himself that coffee houses would never take off in the UK because we’re a nation of tea drinkers. His self deprecating style has been enjoyed by thousands of delegates and could help you to transform your business.

Mark has been a business speaker for Ernst and Young many times, the Institute of Directors, Manchester Business School, the Academy of Chief Executives, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Cazenove and many SMEs.

Background

Mark has held many Board of Director roles during his previous businesses and since leaving Cardpoint in December 2006, is a business speaker and serial non executive director with a new, humorous, book called Natural Born Entrpreneur outlining Mark's Ten Rules for Success.

During 2007, Mark also launched a property company Bungalow to Rent which offers high quality residential rental accommodation to discerning tenants. Further, spotting an opportunity to serve people who may be disabled, Mark has now acquired a plot of land to build 12 disabled bungalows during 2011 and these can be reserved by visiting his website Disabled Bungalows to Rent.

During 2008, Mark was also appointed as Chairman of Halsall International Toy Company based in the UK and Hong Kong. Halsall achieved sales to March 2010 of $100m and achieved record profit. Halsall also incorporates Pagoda Outdoor Furniture the UK's leading supplier of quality garden furniture.

In late 2008, Mark launched renewable energy company Genwat Services Limited which aims to be the first company in the UK to build a new plant to produce energy from waste. Mark's renewable energy venture Genwat - Energy From Waste can be found on Twitter and you can twitter with Mark at Twitter - Energy From Waste Mark is non executive Chairman of Genwat Services Limited.

In 2009, Mark launched Director Skills to help Directors better understand how to operate their companies, the Board Room and Board Meetings to increase long term profitability.

In July 2009, Mark launched another new website Non Executive Director UK for companies seeking a cost-effective non executive director to help drive business and increase profitability. Owing to the popularity of this website, Mark urgently needs skilled non executive directors seeking new roles and anybody interested should call Mark on 01772 688980 to discuss enrolment and the current opportunities.

In January 2010, owing to the success of Mark's business speaker career, he launched a sperate website to handle bookings called Corporate Speaker

From April 1st 2010, Mark became Chairman of Hurst Accountants in Manchester and Stockport. Hurst is the 70th biggest Accountant in the UK by revenue and in the top 1% overall. Mark commented "Hurst is a dynamic, growing and credible Accountancy Partnership and I am delighted to join as Chairman. I look forward to meeting as many clients as possible and to helping drive business forward."

In June 2010, Mark added Tactical Solutions to his portfolio, as Director of Strategy. Tactical is a Field Sales agency dedicated to delivering unrivalled results and return on investment for its clients and Mark has joined the Board to assist with strategy. Tactical is currently recruiting due to expansion and seeks great people to train them to be the best in their field, by creating a challenging and fun environment to work in and offering fully-employed, permanent positions with a great reward and incentives package. See Tactical's website for further details Tactical Solutions Recruitment page

Contact Mark Mills today direct on 01772 688980 for an informal chat.

Mark can help to motivate your staff to greater profitability or to discuss how he might help specifically help you to increase profits.