Mark Harris Managing Director

Mark Harris gained a taste for business at an early age and set about acquiring critical business development skills through a notable career in marketing, corporate business development and the education sector.

Launching his first business in 1994 concentrating on providing business support and training services to plcs. One of these early businesses was so successful that Mark grew it for sale within 18 months, providing a national platform of skills development for one of the leading hospitality groups in the UK. His insight into business growth and development lead to Mark being awarded 11th place in the Inner City 100 Register (recognising the fastest growing, inner city based, entrepreneurial companies in the UK).

His exuberance and passion for business is matched by practical working knowledge of what it takes to grow and develop successful models and so Mark specifically established 'The Business Company' to create a vehicle to share this business experience with others.

Key areas of expertise include:

Business Support and Growth

• Business evaluation and analysis
• Business transformation, re-engineering, change and transition management
• Perpetration of exit strategy (buy-in/buy-out/sale, etc)

Marketing and Sales

• Marketing strategy (research, structure, plan, targets)
• Sales and marketing at Board Level
• Proposal and bid development
• Negotiation and closing the sale

Leadership and Management

• Business leadership, planning and vision
• Consultancy and management development
• Development and implementation of interim management
• Executive coaching and mentoring

HR and People Strategies

• HR strategy
• Succession planning
• HR and cultural development

Finance

• Financial management and business governance
• Raising finance and deal making
• Budget development