Mark C. Scott graduated with a First Class Honours Degree from Christ Church College, Oxford. He completed an M.Phil at Cambridge University and an MBA at Harvard Business School. He originally trained as a management consultant, working for Michael Porter at Monitor Company, and subsequently joined WPP Group plc, the world’s largest marketing services group. In 1998 Mark left WPP to help form Lighthouse Global Network, a start-up marketing services group acquired in 2000 by Cordiant Communications in a deal valued at $600m.

Mark is a director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, and continues to be involved in the consolidation of professional services firms. He is the author of four books with John Wiley & Sons including The Professional Service Firm and Value Drivers.