Mark is based in Edinburgh and joined abrdn in 2007.  He is responsible for making investments across the private equity spectrum (Primaries, Secondaries and Co-investments) as well as having overall responsibility for abrdn’s Primary Investment business.  Mark is a member of abrdn’s Private Equity Operating Committee and Investment Committee.  Mark is also a senior member of the management team of FTSE 250 abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust plc (FTSE: APEO).  He also sits on the Advisory Boards of a number of leading private equity funds.

Prior to the merger that created abrdn in 2017, Mark was a Partner and Head of Primary Investments at SL Capital Partners where he joined in 2007.  Before this, Mark spent seven years working as a lead adviser in the corporate finance teams of EY and KPMG, focusing principally on buyouts.

Mark is a Chartered Accountant and has BA (Joint Honours) degrees in Accounting and Economics from the University of Strathclyde. Mark is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.