For over two decades, Mark has helped Fortune 500 companies achieve their corporate goals and counseled sovereign nations to ensure they advance their policy objectives. From a coup d’état to messaging sensitive policy issues coming out of the White House that impacts a company’s bottom line, Mark has helped some of the world’s most established brands achieve major wins.
Previously Mark worked for a globally respected Washington, D.C.-based communications and government affairs firm, where he was executive vice president and chair of the international practice. His most notable accomplishments include crafting and executing a communications program for a Deputy Prime Minister to become president of the United Nations General Assembly and working with the Trump Administration to help save tens of thousands of American manufacturing jobs. Mark’s work resulted in major trade policy changes and he organized a national media event with the 39th U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.
Earlier in his career, Mark worked on trade and investment projects for Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, now the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy. He also worked for the late U.S. Senator John McCain helping to organize the Irish American Presidential Forum.
Mark is a Graduate of Leadership South Carolina, serves on the Planning Commission for Richland County and he was appointed to serve as the Co-Chair of the South Carolina Ireland Trade Commission by Governor Henry McMaster.
Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, a master’s degree in international business from the University College Dublin (Ireland) and a master’s degree in political management from The George Washington University.