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Mark Mills, Chairman
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, alongside becoming a motivational speaker, 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.
Between March 2008 and August 2011, Mark was Chairman of Halsall Toys International ("HTI") based in the UK and Hong Kong. HTI achieved sales to March 2011 of $114m and achieved record profit. HTI also incorporates Pagoda Outdoor Furniture the UK's leading supplier of quality garden furniture. In marking Mark Mills' departure as Chairman of HTI, CEO John Hutt said "Mark's work with me and the Board over three and a half years has been invaluable and he demonstrated everything we had looked for in a Non-Executive Chairman."
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 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.
From April 1st 2010, Mark became Chairman of Hurst Accountants in London and Manchester. 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." Hurst announced record results in its 25 year history in its financial year to March 2011.
In June 2010, Mark added Tactical Solutions to his portfolio, as Chairman. Tactical Solutions 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.
In March 2011, owing to the inclination of progressive companies to appoint female non executive directors, Mark launched his new company to link companies to non executive directors Violet Recruitment.
In July 2011, Mark Mills was appointed as Chairman of Garside and Laycock Group in Preston. Mark commented "It's a real honour to be asked to help to drive an already successful business which has been in operation at the top of its industry for 31 years." Paul Garside, CEO, added "Mark has been appointed to help us review our strategic options after a period of solid growth and increased revenues through new Framework agreements secured from the Ministry of Justice, BT and the renewal of long-term agreements with Royal Mail".
More information about the work that Mark is involved in can be found at www.mark.tv.
