Mark

Mark Riseley

Name

Mark

Position

Board Advisor

Location

Dublin, Ireland

Big Business Experience

Entain plc

Robert Walters plc

Small Business Experience

Spectrum.Life

Origina

Summary

Providing creative and impactful solutions for scale-up service and / or tech led companies – maximise organic growth and Enterprise Value, deliver effective projects, complete integrations or become more investor ready and appealing.

Growth – experience scaling teams and solutions growing from 40-100% year on year.

Specific Experience delivering growth, fundraising / preparation for exit, M&A, turnarounds, project and performance management, risk management.

Technical core expertise in finance but also have led legal, HR, PMO and Risk teams.

Qualifications

  • B.Comm.
  • M. Acc.
  • FCA (trained with KPMG)

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Chartered Accountant
  • Delivering growth – teams, systems, data sets, KPIs, processes.
  • Disruption – tech led, high growth, efficiently scalable solutions
  • Investor Relations – fundraising, prep for exit, M&A
  • Projects and Performance Management
  • Risk Management
  • Led all business support functions – finance, HR, Legal, PMO, Risk

Experience

  • Roles – CFO, NED, Advisory Board, Audit Committees
  • Sectors – Technology, ESG, Private Equity, Health, e-gaming, Telecommunications, Recruitment
  • Notable companies – Spectrum.Life, Origina, Ion Equity, Pocket Kings, Entain plc, Virgin Media, Robert Walters plc, Manpower, KPMG
  • Not-for-Profit Board Roles – Triathlon Ireland (President), Paralympics Ireland (Finance NED), Families Through Surrogacy (Director)