Mr Mark Adams

KANDO id: 39006

Bio

Co-founded digital PR firm Text 100 (listed on Ofex in 1997 and on the London Stock Exchange in 1999 as Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, now trading on AIM); programming magazine publisher Process Communications Ltd (sold to Centaur Communications) and media analysis firm Media Report (sold in MBO), among others. Also a co-founder and Trustee of the charities Citizens Online (deploying internet and mobile technologies to bridge the digital divide) and the Inschool Foundation (promoting enterprise to school students). Non-Executive Chairman for the acquisitive design group, Loewy. Prior to this Chaired Northbank Communications (biotech marketing), Barclay Stratton (PR) and Lexis Public Relations (PR). Has acted as Non-Executive Director for marketing group Poulter, animation film-maker Corsham Entertainment and experiential marketing startup Morello. MSc in Corporate Finance (MiF) from the London Business School and BA (Hons) in Physics from the University of Reading. Member of the Chartered Institute of PR (and a holder of the President’s Award), a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Securities and Investment Institute.