BIOGRAPHY

Mark was named Chief Executive of Future plc in October 2011. He joined Future in September 2010 as Chief Executive of Future UK. Since then, Mark has been accelerating the growth of Future’s digital business and in June 2011 Future won Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year and Grand Prix prizes at the annual Association of Online Publishers Awards.

Prior to joining Future, Mark was Chief Executive of ITN, the television news organisation. At ITN he created and developed a range of digital ventures, including a world-leading moving image business.

Prior to ITN, Mark was Editor-in-Chief and Head of Media at Reuters, the global news organisation. He started out his career as a foreign correspondent for Reuters and was based in Berlin, Bonn, Moscow and Vienna.


About Future plc:
Future plc is an international special-interest media group and leading digital publisher, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).  Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating 200 special-interest publications, apps, websites and events. 

We hold market-leading positions in Games, Film, Music, Technology, Cycling, Automotive and Crafts. Our biggest-selling products include T3, Total Film, Classic Rock and Official Xbox Magazine. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, musicradar.com and techradar.com (the UK's number one consumer technology website).

Future sells 2.9 million magazines each month; we attract more than 34 million monthly unique visitors to our websites; and we deliver over 100 digital editions and bespoke apps on tablet. Future exports or syndicates publications to 89 countries, making us the UK's number one exporter and licensor of magazine content.

Future was named Consumer Digital Publisher of the Year at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2011.