Mark was appointed as Managing Director of our Nationals Division in September 2008. From 1998 he was Managing Director of the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, prior to which he was Managing Director of Midland Weekly Media Ltd. He was previously Business Development Director at Thomson Regional Newspapers Ltd, Marketing Director at MIN plc and Research Manager at the Wolverhampton Express & Star, having entered the newspaper industry in advertising sales at the Midland News Association Ltd in the mid 1980s. Mark spent the early part of his career working in advertising agencies. He is a director of the Newspaper Publishers Association Ltd and a former Chairman of Scottish Athletics.